Evaluation of a novel high-intensity focused ultrasound device for ablating subcutaneous adipose tissue for noninvasive body contouring: Safety studies in human volunteers

Aesthetic Surgery Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 401-410

  Gadsden, Ernesto ^a   Aguilar, María Teresa ^a   Smoller, Bruce R ^b   Jewell, Mark L ^c  

^a Hospital Torre Médica   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

body contouring; HIFU; high intensity focused ultrasound; histopathology; safety

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ABDOMINOPLASTY; ADIPOCYTE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DISRUPTION; CHEMISTRY; DYSESTHESIA; ECCHYMOSIS; EDEMA; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGY; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIVER METABOLISM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGIST; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; UNITED STATES;

ADIPOCYTES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND ABLATION; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PILOT PROJECTS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT, ABDOMINAL; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955838711     PISSN: 1090820X     EISSN: 1527330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090820X11405027     Document Type: Article

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