Safety of tumescent liposuction under local anesthesia in a series of 4,380 patients

Dermatology

Volumn 222, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 278-281

  Boeni, Roland ^a  

^a White House Center for Liposuction   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Liposuction; Local anesthesia; Tumescent liposuction, safety

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CLAVULANIC ACID; DIAZEPAM; DOXYCYCLINE; FUROSEMIDE; LIDOCAINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ERYSIPELAS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED EDEMA; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INFECTION; LIPOSUCTION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; DOXYCYCLINE; DRUG TOXICITY; EDEMA; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; LIPECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SEROMA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959967405     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: 14219832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000327375     Document Type: Article

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