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Nonaesthetic or Functional Indications of Liposuction

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Nonaesthetic therapeutic and functional liposuction has been described for the management of several conditions and diseases characterized by excess or abnormal deposition of fatty tissue; nevertheless, liposuction as such continues to be considered an aesthetic procedure precluding reimbursement by national health services and other third-party payers. The present review summarizes our clinical experience in the treatment of several conditions affecting various body areas. The authors have applied liposuction as a real but “blunt lipectomy” instead of the more aggressive surgical excision thus reducing morbidity, length of hospitalization, and above all scar burden. For certain conditions, liposuction does not define a specific procedure but rather a surgical technique or tool same as minimally invasive endoscopic surgery. At present, there seems to be an enormous potential for the application of liposuction in ablative and reconstructive surgery outside the realm of purely aesthetic procedures. Implications of this new definition should seriously induce reconsideration of remuneration and reimbursement policies.

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  1. Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Toulouse University, Toulouse, France

    Michel Costagliola M.D.

  2. Department of Chirurgie Réparatriceet Esthétique, Faculté de Médecine Toulouse-Ranguei, 3, rue du Languedoc, Toulouse, 31000, France

    Michel Costagliola M.D.

  3. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, American University of Beirut Medical Center, 11-0236, Riad El Solh, Beirut, 1107 2020, Lebanon

    Bishara Atiyeh M.D.

  4. Clinique du Parc, 33, rue des Bûchers,, Toulouse, 31400, France

    Florence Rampillon M.D.

  5. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

    Saad Dibo M.D.

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Costagliola, M., Atiyeh, B., Rampillon, F., Dibo, S. (2016). Nonaesthetic or Functional Indications of Liposuction. In: Shiffman, M., Di Giuseppe, A. (eds) Liposuction. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-48903-1_16

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