A multicenter, prospective, randomized, single-blind, controlled clinical trial comparing vaser-assisted lipoplasty and suction-assisted lipoplasty

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Nagy, Michael W ^a   Vanek, Paul F ^b  

^a Plastic Surgery of the Face and Body   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIPECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ADULT; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859298230     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3182442274     Document Type: Article

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