Large-volume liposuction can be associated rarely with major medical complications and death. The case of exsanguinating retroperitoneal hemorrhage that led to cardiopulmonary arrest in an obese 47-year-old woman who underwent large-volume liposuction is described. Extensive liposuction is not a minor procedure. Performance in an ambulatory setting should be monitored carefully, if it is perfor...

PURPOSES To compare the biological behaviors of human adipose-derived stem cells (ADSCs) isolated from adipose tissue by lipectomy and liposuction, with the purpose of providing the basis for clinical application. METHODS The proliferation and apoptosis of ADSCs were analyzed by CCK-8 assay and flow cytometry. Cell migration was measured by a wound healing assay. An ELISA assay was used to ev...

Liposuction is commonly used to address submental fullness. This method, however, is dependent on the quality of the patient’s skin. Injury to the marginal mandibular nerve as well as over suctioning of the fat can lead to contour irregularities. Additionally, isolated submental liposuction may not address submental fullness and the aging face fully; thus, a cervicoplasty consisting of an open ...

Liposuction, a surgical intervention designed to treat superficial and deep deposits of subcutaneous fat distributed in aesthetically unpleasing proportions, has proven to be a successful method of improving body contour. Liposuction is so successful, in fact, that it is commonly performed in the office-based surgery setting. Liposuction is one of the most common surgical interventions carried ...

The reality of tumescent liposuction is just the opposite of what one might expect based on common sense and experience. The dilution of a local anesthetic solution of lidocaine and epinephrine does not weaken its effect, it actually enhances the degree of anesthesia, and vasoconstriction. Although microcannulas remove less fat per unit of time, they actually permit the removal of greater volum...

Since most liposuction incisions heal uneventfully, difficult healing in such incisions must be investigated. In the cases of two gynecomastia liposuction patients in which a water-based lubricating gel was used on the liposuction incisions, the incisions failed to heal. For both patients, workup uncovered palisading granulomas at the lateral inframammary fold incision sites several months afte...

Fat embolism syndrome (FES) is a clinical manifestation that consists of multiple organ dysfunction due to fat emboli. FES occurs as a complication after trauma or procedures such as surgery. The diagnostic criteria of FES have not yet been established, so clinical criteria are used for its diagnosis. The clinical course of acute fulminant FES can be rapid. Liposuction surgery, in which adipocy...