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Abdominal VASER LipoSelection Avoiding Abdominoplasty

Volume 6 - Issue 1

Munir Alam*

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- Department of Plastic Surgery, Consultant Plastic Surgeon, Faisal Hospital, Pakistan
*Corresponding author: Munir Allam, Department of Plastic Surgery, Int/European Board of Cosmetic Surgery, Consultant Plastic Surgeon, Faisal Hospital, 46 University Town, Millat Road, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Received: June 16, 2018; Published: June 22, 2018

DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2018.06.001289

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Abstract

The surgical techniques described for each of four patient categories of abdominolipoplasty are: type I-Liposuction alone, type II-miniabdominoplasty, infra umbilical plication + Liposuction, type III-modified abdominoplasty, plication above and below umbilicus + Liposuction and type IV-standard abdominoplasty + sheath plication + Liposuction [1]. Historically, the treatment of protuberant abdomen was major surgical procedure which often require multiple operations under general anesthesia with its risks like bleeding, hematoma/seroma, long scar and infections etc. The old-style liposuction was first used in early 1970s for type I or as a combination procedure with surgery. With the advancement in the techniques of minimal invasive surgery and modern equipment, liposuction is now a routine procedure in all the types with minimal risks by using VASER Liposelection technique [2]. I describe my personal experience with abdominal VASER Liposelection in eighty-seven patients of Type I-IV during four years from March 2009 to March 2013, avoiding abdominoplasty. This ambulatory technique is a low risk procedure, performed under local anesthetic (tumescent technique), minimum or no scar, high satisfaction level, effective in all the categories of protuberant abdomen and helps in psychological improvement.red algae, brown algae.

Keywords: VASER; Abdominoplasty; Liposuction; Tummy Tuck

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