Tumescent Technique

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Tumescent technique

The tumescent technique of liposuction involves swelling, or tumescing, the tissue with large volumes of dilute anesthetic.

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Tumescent Liposuction

A type of liposuction in which an ultrasonic wand is passed through the tissue to liquefy the fat, followed by administration of a pressurised 'tumescent' fluid—Klein/Hunstad formula—which is infiltrated into fat, distending, anaesthetising and exsanguinating the region

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