Open AccessStructural changes of fat tissue after nonaspirative ultrasonic hydrolipoclasy
Author(s) -
Fúlvio B Godoy,
Belchiolina Beatriz Fonseca,
Marcelo Arantes Levenhagen,
Mariane A Franco,
Roberta Torres de Melo,
Marcelo Emı́lio Beletti
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of cutaneous and aesthetic surgery (print)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.44
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0974-5157
pISSN - 0974-2077
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2077.85025
Subject(s) - medicine , adipose tissue , tonicity , liposuction , saline , ultrasound , hypertonic saline , side effect (computer science) , ultrasonic sensor , surgery , pathology , radiology , computer science , programming language
Hydrolipoclasy is an alternative technique less invasive than liposuction. Hydrolipoclasy uses normal saline or hypotonic solution and ultrasound waves that act directly on local adiposity. In the literature there are few reports of morphostructural changes on adipose tissue.