The importance of preoperative hemoglobin evaluation in large volume liposuction: lessons learned from our 15-year experience

Annals of Plastic Surgery
Umar H ChoudryPaul Petty

Abstract

Liposuction of >5 L of total aspirate at one setting is defined as large volume liposuction (LVL). A retrospective chart review was performed on all patients who underwent LVL from January 1990 to June 2005. Sixty-two patients underwent LVL. The mean volume of total aspirate was 8 L (5.0-11.7 L). There were a total of 6 patients who had complications. These included symptomatic postoperative anemia requiring blood transfusions on postoperative day 1 (n = 5), and an expanding hematoma requiring operative evacuation without transfusion (n = 1). Two of the patients who had blood transfusions had a history of gastric bypass and all of the patients were preoperatively anemic (<11.5 mg/dL). The mean follow up was 38 months. LVL is safe when performed in healthy patients under strict guidelines. Hemoglobin levels of all potential LVL patients should be checked preoperatively, and surgery should be withheld for levels <12 g/dL.

References

Jun 1, 1988·Annals of Plastic Surgery·J AlexanderH Goldberg
Jul 1, 1985·Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery·G H Pitman, B Teimourian
Nov 1, 1983·Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery·Y G Illouz
Jan 1, 1994·Aesthetic Plastic Surgery·F SamdalJ F Bugge
Jan 1, 1997·Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery·M D Gilliland, N Coates
Feb 1, 1997·Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery·R J RohrichP B Fodor
Dec 11, 1997·Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery·F M Grazer, F L Meister
Jan 15, 1998·Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery·G P Maxwell, M K Gingrass
Nov 12, 1998·Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery·S A TrottK W Klein
Dec 16, 1998·Aesthetic Plastic Surgery·P B Fodor
Feb 18, 1999·Aesthetic Plastic Surgery·R Albin, T de Campo
Feb 18, 1999·Aesthetic Plastic Surgery·M D Ali Eed
May 13, 1999·The New England Journal of Medicine·R B RaoR S Hoffman
Nov 30, 1999·Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery·L Cárdenas-CamarenaA M Lacouture
Jan 8, 2000·Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery·F M Grazer, R H de Jong
Jan 8, 2000·Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery·S A Wolfe
Jul 7, 2000·Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery·N H Schulman
Nov 17, 2001·Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery·G W CommonsC C Chang
Apr 3, 2004·Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery·Ronald E IversonUNKNOWN American Society of Plastic Surgeons Committee on Patient Safety
Aug 20, 2004·Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery·Spencer A BrownRod J Rohrich
Feb 8, 2006·Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery·Rod J RohrichJayne Coleman
Nov 1, 1997·Aesthetic Surgery Journal·A Matarasso
Nov 1, 1997·Aesthetic Surgery Journal·F M Grazer, F L Meister

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Citations

Dec 1, 2020·Aesthetic Surgery Journal·Muholan KanapathyAfshin Mosahebi

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Related Feeds

Anemia

Anemia develops when your blood lacks enough healthy red blood cells. Anemia of inflammation (AI, also called anemia of chronic disease) is a common, typically normocytic, normochromic anemia that is caused by an underlying inflammatory disease. Here is the latest research on anemia.

Related Papers

Aesthetic Surgery Journal
Mohan ThomasNitin Bandekar
Journal of Cutaneous and Aesthetic Surgery
Jayashree Venkataram
© 2022 Meta ULC. All rights reserved