Syringe liposculture

ABSTRACT

Groups of ten patients each were evaluated to compare syringe and machine powered lipocontouring, In each group, between 1,200 and 1,500 ml was removed. The patients undergoing the syringe technique had less blood loss and appeared to recover more rapidly, requiring fewer analgesic agents. The advantage to the surgeon with the syringe was the accurate removal of fatty tissue with quantitation in different areas, avoidance of vaporization of material increasing the safety to the operating team and a quiet operating room. The new syringe, which is a modification to that originally designed by Fournier, obviates many of the earlier problems associated with the technique.