Abstract
Liposuction-related complications and death: survey conducted by the BSPS commission on liposuction
Highlights
Liposuction is a surgical procedure that was developed approximately 30 years ago by Fournier, Illouz, and others
Literature reviews of severe complications and deaths demonstrated that liposuction is not an innocuous procedure and that its surgical risks require further study[9]
The Liposuction Commission was created in March 2012 with the aim of investigating the factors involved in severe complications and fatal outcomes related to liposuction procedures performed in Brazil
Summary
Liposuction is a surgical procedure that was developed approximately 30 years ago by Fournier, Illouz, and others. Liposuction performed with the tumescent technique has had a good safety profile. It is performed by other specialists, including dermatologists, and has been described as an outpatient procedure in public institutions in Brazil. The scarcity of data on the subject has led the Brazilian Society of Plastic Surgery (BSPS) to create a commission composed of 10 full members with the aim of investigating the factors involved in severe liposuction-related complications and death in Brazil. Liposuction performed using the tumescent technique has had a good safety profile[4] It is performed by other specialtists[5], including dermatologists, and has been described as an outpatient procedure in public institutions in Brazil[6]. Cases of injury to the abdominal viscera[14,15] and ureter[16], blindness, necrosis, and severe infection[17] are some of the severe complications described in the literature
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