One hypothesis for the regulation of total body fat suggests that leptin is a lipostatic feedback signal that acts at brain sites involved in regulation of energy balance. The importance of leptin in recovery from partial surgical lipectomy was tested by performing bilateral epididymal lipectomy or sham surgery on wild-type and leptin-deficient ob/ob mice. Eight weeks later, nonexcised pads of ...

Since its introduction by Illouz and others over 30 years ago, suction-assisted lipectomy/liposuction/lipoplasty has evolved tremendously and has developed into one of the most popular procedures in aesthetic plastic surgery. Liposuction is an effective procedure employed to treat localized adipose deposits in patients not suffering from generalized obesity. These accumulations of subcutaneous ...

We analyzed the effects of partial fat pad removal on retroperitoneal and epididymal fat depots and carcass metabolism of control (C) and MSG-obese (M) rats. Three-month-old C and M male Wistar rats were submitted to either partial surgical excision of epididymal and retroperitoneal fat tissue (lipectomy, L) or sham surgery (S) and studied after 7 or 30 days. Retroperitoneal and epididymal tiss...

Femoral subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) appears to be cardioprotective compared with abdominal SAT, possibly through better triglyceride (TG) sequestration. We hypothesized that removal of femoral SAT would increase postprandial TG through a reduction in dietary fatty acid (FA) storage. Normal-weight (means ± SD; BMI 23.9 ± 2.6 kg/m(2)) women (n = 29; age 45 ± 6 yr) were randomized to femoral...

Introduction: We present a case report on six patients who underwent combined approach to improve the cosmetic appearance and functional performance of their buried penis. Aim: To our both penis erectile dysfunction. Methods: In one surgery, we performed: malleable penile prosthesis, ventral phalloplasty, suspensory ligament release followed by suprapubic lipectomy. Results: Postoperatively, al...

Standard abdominoplasty techniques involve a low horizontal or W skin excision, muscle plication, and umbilical transposition. Newer techniques include suction-assisted lipectomy, the use of high lateral tension with fascial suspension, and external oblique muscle advancement. The author has modified these traditional procedures and added new techniques to improve the aesthetic and functional r...

1 Eric Swanson, MD Swanson Center Leawood, Kans. Sir: C et al1 conclude that radiofrequency-assisted liposuction provides greater skin contraction of the arms than aggressive superficial liposuction. Unfortunately, no measurement data are presented, only the percentage changes in 10 patients. Two patients underwent skin excisions. The authors do not report the inclusion rate or whether their st...

Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA, Hansjörg Wyss Department of Plastic Surgery, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department o...

The insulin resistance syndrome X is related to excess intra-abdominal adipose tissue. With lipectomy of >50% of subcutaneous adipose tissue (SQAT) in nonhibernating, adult female Syrian hamsters on high-fat (HF; 50 calorie%) diet and measurements of oral glucose tolerance, oral [(14)C]oleic acid disposal, serum triglycerides, serum leptin, liver fat, perirenal (PR) adipose tissue cellularity, ...