Treatment of overweight patients by radiofrequency-assisted liposuction (RFAL) for aesthetic reshaping and skin tightening

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 62-71

  Hurwitz, Dennis ^a   Smith, Darren ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Body contouring surgery; Liposuction; Radiofrequency; Skin tightening

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIPECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; THIGH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARM; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; THIGH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857916891     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00266-011-9783-z     Document Type: Article

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