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Thursday, June 11, 2009

Trends in Smart Lipo

By Art Gib

Liposuction has changed greatly over the years. At one time, liposuction was a rather barbaric procedure. When the procedure was initially performed, it was done with scalpels. The scalpels would turn inside of the body and actually scrape the fat away. People would lose fat, but they would also lose other things, like blood. The procedure did not make it very far.

But it wasn't until 1982 that the modern liposuction as we know today burst on to the scene. The French physician, Dr. Yves-Gerard Illouz, presented the "Illouz Method." Dr. Illouz's method injected a sterile fluid known as lidocane into fatty tissue, thus making it more malleable and then using a surgical cannula and a high volume suction device to remove the fat.

That is when the cannula was introduced. It was realized that a cannula could provide a safer surgery. Surgeons began using the cannula technique, but there were still problems. Bleeding was an issue, as was the anesthesia. It took some time for science to progress to the point of finding better safety measures.

In the early days of modern liposuction, it was not a pleasant procedure. Imagine getting fat removed by having rotating scalpels put into your body as a way to remove fat. The electric scalpels uses in the 1970s were taken from a gynecological procedure and used in liposuction.

It was during the 1990's that the use of ultra sound was introduced as another way of performing the procedure. The use of high powered sound waves to break down the fatty tissue was a significant step toward making liposuction both safer and less intrusive.

Patients are able to get numbed on the areas that are receiving the surgery and therefore stay awake during the surgery. The complications associated with general anesthesia were thus eliminated.

The new procedure called for the area to be saturated with saline and anesthetic. The results offered a great deal of hope for the medical community. Less bleeding occurred and finally people did not have to be put to sleep when undergoing the procedure. This was a great development in regards to the surgery.

Still, it was not enough. Even though there were fewer risks, it was still not as safe as the medical community wanted it to be. There were deaths associated with liposuction, and there were other problems as well. The community worked hard to find a solution that would present more benefits and fewer risks. - 17273

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