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In just a few decades since its first published description, the complication rates from liposuction have fallen considerably. Improvement in patient safety is largely due to the advent of tumescent liposuction, defined as liposuction performed solely using tumescent local anesthesia.
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Sterling, J.B., Hanke, C.W. (2008). Complications of Liposuction. In: Gloster, H.M. (eds) Complications in Cutaneous Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-73152-0_15
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