High-intensity focused ultrasound effectively reduces waist circumference by ablating adipose tissue from the abdomen and flanks: A retrospective case series

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 577-582

  Fatemi, Afschin ^b   Kane, Michael A C ^a  

^a EAR AND THROAT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Body sculpting; Chart review; HIFU; High intensity focused ultrasound; Lipoplasty; Retrospective

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT, ABDOMINAL; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 77957755516     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00266-010-9503-0     Document Type: Article

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