A prospective, randomized, double-blind, controlled clinical trial comparing laser-assisted lipoplasty with suction-assisted lipoplasty

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1032-1045

  Prado, Arturo ^a,b   Andrades, Patricio ^a   Danilla, Stefan ^a   Leniz, Patricio ^a   Castillo, Paulo ^a   Gaete, Fancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b NONE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; FATTY ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADIPOCYTE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CELL DAMAGE; CELL MEMBRANE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ECCHYMOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER ASSISTED LIPOPLASTY; LASER SURGERY; LIPODYSTROPHY; LIPOSUCTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MACHINE; MECHANICAL PROBE; NEODYMIUM:YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET LASER; NEPHROTOXICITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE EDEMA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SURGEON; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; LIPECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 33748803910     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000232428.37926.48     Document Type: Article

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