Hyperthermic injury to adipocyte cells by selective heating of subcutaneous fat with a novel radiofrequency device: Feasibility studies

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 361-370

  Franco, Walfre ^a   Kothare, Amogh ^a   Ronan, Stephen J ^b   Grekin, Roy C ^c   McCalmont, Timothy H ^c  

^a Cutera Inc   (United States)

^b Blackhawk Plastic Surgery   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adipocyte cell viability; Radiofrequency heating; Subcutaneous fat

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINOPLASTY; ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; ELECTRIC FIELD; EPIDERMIS; FAT NECROSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEATING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOFREQUENCY DEVICE; SKIN; SKIN SURFACE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL EXPOSURE; THERMAL INJURY; TISSUE REACTION; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADIPOCYTES; CATHETER ABLATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

EID: 77954405182     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20925     Document Type: Article

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