EFFECT OF L-ORNITHINE 8-VASOPRESSIN ON BLOOD-LOSS DURING LIPOSUCTION

In this comparative study,we carried out liposuction on 20 patients ra ndomly divided in two groups to find an alternative medication to epin ephrine that would not result in secondary effects at the cardiovascul ar level but would offer a similar vasoconstricting capacity, Also, a variation of the wet technique is described that decreases blood loss secondary to liposuction. The area to undergo liposuction is infiltrat ed with a cannula of our own design, Epinephrine is not used as a vaso constrictor but rather L-ornithine 8-vasopressin at a concentration of 0.01 IU/ml chilled saline, With this new technique, the amount of blo od removed is minimal, even in the case of extraction of large volumes of fat.