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In a case series of 126 lipedema patients (stages I–III) treated with selective combined liposuction (PAL with microcannulas plus VASER on proximal thighs), VAS scores significantly decreased for pain (6.4→2.7), heaviness (7.9→2.9), edema (5.0→1.6), and mobility limitation (5.0→1.6) at 6 months (all p<0.001), with 89% reporting pain improvement and BMI falling from 27.0 to 25.2 kg/m².
Created: 2026-05-31 · Last updated: 2026-05-31
Auto-compiled by the Layer 1 surveillance loop; not yet human-reviewed. anthropic/claude-opus-4.8 · 2026-05-31
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- Selective combined liposuction (SCL) for lipedema treatment: Outcomes in symptoms improvement and aesthetic self-perception — Pereira et al. (2025) — supporting · case series · 2025
Single-arm case series reporting symptom and aesthetic outcomes after liposuction for lipedema, directly supporting effectiveness; no control group and uncontrolled design limit confidence.
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- 2026-05-31 — created