Randomized, blinded split abdomen study evaluating skin shrinkage and skin tightening in laser-assisted liposuction versus liposuction control

Aesthetic Surgery Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 593-602

  Dibernardo, Barry E ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

laser; laser assisted liposuction; liposuction; skin shrinkage; skin tightening

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; LIPOSUCTION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN SURFACE; SKIN TIGHTNESS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE SHRINKAGE;

ADULT; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; LASER THERAPY; LIPECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SKIN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957779542     PISSN: 1090820X     EISSN: 1527330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090820X10380707     Document Type: Article

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