Open AccessUnfavourable outcomes of liposuction and their management
Author(s) -
Varun Dixit,
Milind S. Wagh
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of plastic surgery/indian journal of plastic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.299
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1998-376X
pISSN - 0970-0358
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0358.118617
Subject(s) - liposuction , medicine , body contouring , surgery , contouring , plastic surgery , modality (human–computer interaction) , general surgery , intensive care medicine , weight loss , human–computer interaction , engineering drawing , computer science , engineering , obesity
Liposuction is one of the most popular cosmetic surgery procedures currently performed by plastic surgeons around the world. It must be clear at the outset that liposuction is not primarily a modality for weight loss, it is meant to be a body contouring procedure and therefore the inherent limitations and safety issues related to this must always be respected if complications and unfavourable results are to be avoided as far as possible.