Title
Experience in combined use of laser-Assisted liposution in Lipoabdominoplasty
Other title
Experiencia en el uso combinado de liposucción asistida por láser en lipoabdominoplastia
Date Issued
01 January 2017
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Sociedad Espanola de Cirugia Plastica Reparadora y Estetica (SECPRE)
Abstract
Background and Objective. Technological advances in the procedures of Plastic Surgery have favored the obtaining of good results avoiding a greater surgical trauma and reducing the postoperative complications. In this sense, the use of laser technology applied to liposuction was a very interesting tool and introduced substantial changes in the methodology and possibilities of this intervention We present our experience with the use of 980-nm laser and new 1210-nm laser technology in combination with lipoabdominoplasty surgery. Methods. We conduct a retrospective study in patients operated with our surgical protocol between 2007 and 2014. We performed liposuction in a first period with 980-nm laser and then 1210-nm laser, prior to lipoabdominoplasty with classical technique and reduced scar. We did 101 lipoabdominoplasties, 47 with the 980-nm laser and 54 the 1210-nm laser, with a postoperative follow-up of up to 6 months. Results. There was no evidence of burns, thromboembolism or epidermolysis. Among the complications collected, we quantified at 14 days postoperatively 8 seromas in the laser group 980 nm - reduced scar (25% of the total cases in the group) and 2 cases in both classic scar groups (13.3% of the cases in the group of laser 980 nm - classic scar and 8.7% of laser group 1210 nm - classic scar). At the 2- month postoperative period, the formation of hypertrophic scars in 3 cases, and at 3 months 1 keloid scar in the 1210 nm laser groups, with 3 cases corresponding to the classic scar group and 1 case to the reduced scar group. Conclusions. According to our experience, this new technology that uses 1210-nm laser in combination with lipoabdominoplasty is a reproducible and safe protocol.
Start page
11
End page
21
Volume
43
Issue
1
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Cirugía
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85019836926
Source
Cirugia Plastica Ibero-Latinoamericana
ISSN of the container
03767892
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