Wa. Wooden et al., LIPOSUCTION-ASSISTED REVISION AND RECONTOURING OF FREE MICROVASCULAR TISSUE TRANSFERS, Aesthetic plastic surgery, 17(2), 1993, pp. 103-107
Liposuction has become a widely accepted and utilized technique that a
llows the aesthetic surgeon to improve regional definition and contour
. Although the techniques of liposuction have now been extended to a v
ariety of noncosmetic procedures as well, the application of this tech
nique in the area of reconstructive surgery has lagged. To ascertain t
he applicability and effectiveness of liposuction for the revision of
free microvascular tissue transfers we undertook a retrospective analy
sis of our free flap reconstruction cases that were revised and recont
oured using liposuction. From this review of 12 cases we found liposuc
tion to be a safe and effective technique for the delayed revision of
free flap reconstructions of the head and neck region and lower extrem
ity.