Safety and Efficacy to Be Discussed in Hot Topics Seminar, April 20
NEW YORK, April 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The world's top plastic
surgeons will gather in New York to evaluate three fat treatment techniques
during the Hot Topics seminar at the annual meeting of the American Society
for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS), April 19-24 in New York, NY.
Two of these three techniques, LipoSonix's SonoSculpt and Ultrashape,
are based on ultrasound technology. LipoSonix is designed to remove fat by
selectively targeting fatty tissue with a high-intensity ultrasound,
offering a non-invasive alternative to the more common suction-assisted
lipoplasty procedure.
Similar to SonoSculpt, Ultrashape aims to remove smaller amounts of fat
through a non-invasive ultrasound procedure. With Ultrashape, however, the
ultrasound is administered via external device. The excess fat is liquefied
and then naturally absorbed and removed by the body, ideally resulting in
no external bruising.
The final technique, SmartLipo, is a laser-assisted lipolysis procedure
involving a small incision and the insertion of a laser fiber probe. The
surgeon aims the probe at fatty tissue in order to rupture the fat cells.
Smaller fat cells are then absorbed by the body, while larger areas are
aspirated.
"As technologically innovative procedures continue to develop and reach
the marketplace, patient safety continues to be our primary concern," said
William P. Adams, Jr. MD, moderator of the seminar hosted bi-annually by
the Innovative Procedures Committee and Emerging Trends Task Force of the
Aesthetic Surgery Education and Research Foundation (ASERF) and the Plastic
Surgery Educational Foundation (PSEF). "The questions we need to address
before advocating any new fat treatment procedure are threefold: How can
the technique guarantee that too much or too little fat will not be
removed? How can it guarantee that other, non-fatty tissue will remain
unaffected? And, of course, what are the short and long-term side effects
of the procedure?"
"Presentations at the Hot Topics seminar focus on innovations which may
have great potential or may have just received great marketing "hype" from
the "inventor", the manufacturer, or the media" said Alan H. Gold, MD,
president of the Aesthetic Surgery Education and Research Foundation
(ASERF). "Certainly these three techniques, along with many other
techniques and devices that have been recently developed, recently launched
or are pending FDA approval, will be widely debated and peer reviewed on
issues of safety and efficacy" he added.
Neither the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) nor
the Aesthetic Surgery Education and Research Foundation (ASERF) advocates
or endorses the procedures or technologies presented at the Hot Topics
seminar. This seminar is strictly for the purposes of research and
education in cosmetic plastic surgery. The reporting, advertising or
clinical use of these procedures and technologies should be conducted
cautiously, responsibly and with full disclosure of their unproven nature.
Hot Topics
Friday, April 20, 12:30-4:30pm
Moderators: William P. Adams, Jr. MD of Dallas, TX
Joe M. Gryskiewicz, MD, of Burnsville, MN
V. Leroy Young, MD, of St. Louis, MD
PRESENTERS are available for interviews.
CONTACT THE ASAPS COMMUNICATIONS STAFF.
The 2400-member American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS)
is the only plastic surgery organization devoted entirely to the
advancement of cosmetic surgery. ASAPS is recognized throughout the world
as the authoritative source for cosmetic surgery education. U.S. members
are certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. Canadian members
are certified in plastic surgery by the Royal College of Physicians and
Surgeons of Canada. Toll-free referral line: 888.ASAPS.11 (272.7711). Web
site: http://www.surgery.org
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