Lidocaine is not necessary in liposuction: Discussion

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1903-1906

  Perry, Arthur W ^a   Petti, Christine ^a   Rankin, Marlene ^a   Klein, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; HUMAN; LIPOSUCTION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0344500855     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199911000-00048     Document Type: Note

References (13)

1. Klein, J. A. Tumescent technique for local anesthesia improves safety in large volume liposuction. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 92: 1085, 1993.
2. Klein, J. A. Tumescent Liposuction: Tumescent Anesthesia & Microcannular Liposuction. St. Louis: Mosby (in press).
3. Klein, J. A. The tumescent technique for lipo-suction surgery. Am. J. Cosmetic Surg. 4: 263, 1987.
4. Klein, J. A., and Kassardjian, N. Lidocaine toxicity with tumescent liposuction. Dermatol. Surg. 23: 1169, 1997.
5. Seigne, R. Lignocaine toxicity: A surgical surprise (Letter). Anaesthesia 52: 91, 1997.
6. Grazer, F. M., and Meister, F. L. Complications of tumescent formula for liposuction. Plast. Reronstr. Surg. 100: 1893, 1997.
7. Alexander, C. M., and Gross, J. B. Sedative doses of midazolam depress hypoxic ventilatory responses in humans. Anesth. Analg. 67: 377, 1988.
8. Gorney, M. Presentation at the Stanford Ultrasound Assisted Lipoplasty of the Face and Trunk Course. March 27, 1999.
9. Rao, R. B., Ely, S. F., and Hoffman, R. S. Deaths related to liposuction. N. Engl. J. Med. 340: 1471, 1999.
10. Coleman, W. P., III, Hanke, C. W., Lillis, P., Berstein, , and Narins, R. Does the location of the surgery or the specialty of the physician affect malpractice claims in liposuction? Dermatol. Surg. 25: 343, 1999.
11. Rohrich, R. J., Beran, S. J., and Fodor, P. B. Intravenous fluids and bupivacaine are contraindicated in tumescent liposuction (Reply to letter). Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 102: 2518, 1998.
12. Burke, R. W., Guzman-Stein, G., and Vasconez, L. O. Lidocaine and epinephrine levels in tumescent technique liposuction. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 97: 1379, 1996.
13. Cartwright, D. P. Death in the dental chair (Editorial). Anaesthesia 54: 105, 1999.