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Blindness and Necrotizing Fasciitis After Liposuction and Fat Transfer

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Liposuction occasionally has complications. The authors describe the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of necrotizing fasciitis and review the literature cases of visual loss and blindness and necrotizing fasciitis associated with liposuction surgery.

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  1. Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA

    Briar L. Dent M.D. & John E. Sherman M.D.

  2. Division of Plastic Surgery, St. Barnabas Hospital, Bronx, NY, USA

    John E. Sherman M.D.

  3. Private Practice, 1016 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10028, USA

    John E. Sherman M.D.

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    Melvin A. Shiffman

  2. Department of Plastic Surgery, Regional Hospital-Ancona, Ancona, Italy

    Alberto Di Giuseppe

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Dent, B.L., Sherman, J.E. (2016). Blindness and Necrotizing Fasciitis After Liposuction and Fat Transfer. In: Shiffman, M., Di Giuseppe, A. (eds) Liposuction. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-48903-1_89

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