Upper airway obstruction following radiofrequency-assisted liposuction of the neck and lower face: a case report

Radiofrequency-assisted liposuction (RFAL) recently gained popularity for non-excisional skin tightening. It involves the delivery of a controlled amount of energy resulting in fat liquefaction and skin contraction. It is regarded as safe and effective. We report the case of upper airway obstruction...

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Autores principales: Chemali, Michèle, Raffoul, Wassim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9542876/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36212729
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23320885.2022.2128805
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description Radiofrequency-assisted liposuction (RFAL) recently gained popularity for non-excisional skin tightening. It involves the delivery of a controlled amount of energy resulting in fat liquefaction and skin contraction. It is regarded as safe and effective. We report the case of upper airway obstruction following RFAL of the neck and lower face.
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spelling pubmed-95428762022-10-08 Upper airway obstruction following radiofrequency-assisted liposuction of the neck and lower face: a case report Chemali, Michèle Raffoul, Wassim Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg Case Report Radiofrequency-assisted liposuction (RFAL) recently gained popularity for non-excisional skin tightening. It involves the delivery of a controlled amount of energy resulting in fat liquefaction and skin contraction. It is regarded as safe and effective. We report the case of upper airway obstruction following RFAL of the neck and lower face. Taylor & Francis 2022-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC9542876/ /pubmed/36212729 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23320885.2022.2128805 Text en © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Upper airway obstruction following radiofrequency-assisted liposuction of the neck and lower face: a case report
title_full Upper airway obstruction following radiofrequency-assisted liposuction of the neck and lower face: a case report
title_fullStr Upper airway obstruction following radiofrequency-assisted liposuction of the neck and lower face: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Upper airway obstruction following radiofrequency-assisted liposuction of the neck and lower face: a case report
title_short Upper airway obstruction following radiofrequency-assisted liposuction of the neck and lower face: a case report
title_sort upper airway obstruction following radiofrequency-assisted liposuction of the neck and lower face: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9542876/
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