Aesthetic plastic surgery
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Aesthetic plastic surgery · Nov 2003
ReviewExperience with more than 5,000 cases in which monitored anesthesia care was used for liposuction surgery.
Conscious sedation using monitored anesthesia care can provide a clinical spectrum from relaxation to moderate anesthesia. This middle ground between general anesthesia and "pure" tumescent liposuction can help facilitate patient comfort and surgical proficiency during the procedure. ⋯ Tumescent liposuction surgery with monitored anesthesia care provides a middle ground between general anesthesia and purely tumescent liposuction.