Liposuction-assisted revision and recontouring of free microvascular tissue transfers
| Autor: | Kenneth C. Shestak, E. D. Newton, S. S. Ramasastry, W. A. Wooden |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
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Reoperation medicine.medical_specialty Reconstructive surgery medicine.medical_treatment Free flap Surgical Flaps Lipectomy medicine Retrospective analysis Humans Head and neck Child Retrospective Studies business.industry Foot Microsurgery Surgery Plastic surgery Otorhinolaryngology Liposuction Face Female business Neck |
| Zdroj: | Aesthetic plastic surgery. 17(2) |
| ISSN: | 0364-216X |
| Popis: | Liposuction has become a widely accepted and utilized technique that allows the aesthetic surgeon to improve regional definition and contour. Although the techniques of liposuction have now been extended to a variety of noncosmetic procedures as well, the application of this technique in the area of reconstructive surgery has lagged. To ascertain the applicability and effectiveness of liposuction for the revision of free microvascular tissue transfers we undertook a retrospective analysis of our free flap reconstruction cases that were revised and recontoured using liposuction. From this review of 12 cases we found liposuction to be a safe and effective technique for the delayed revision of free flap reconstructions of the head and neck region and lower extremity. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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