SCR-LIP-000251 · Claim · machine-readable JSON →

In 111 lipedema patients undergoing 334 low-volume micro-cannular liposuction sessions under exclusive tumescent anesthesia, pain dropped 72% (VAS 7.8 to 2.2), thigh circumference reduced 6±1.6 cm, mobility improved in 100%, and 16.4% no longer required complex decongestive therapy, with 1.2% serious adverse events and no fatalities over a median 2-year follow-up.

Claim at a glance
Type
clinical association
Knowledge state
Emerging
Evidence certainty
low (GRADE)
Evidence
1 source(s)
Dates
2026-05-31 → 2026-05-31

Structured evidence, machine-compiled — not a verdict.

Auto-compiled by the Layer 1 surveillance loop; not yet human-reviewed. anthropic/claude-opus-4.8 · 2026-05-31

Evidence over time

2019Treatment of lipedema by low‐volume micro‐cannular liposuction in tumescent anesthesia: Results in 111 patients — Wollina & Heinig (2019) · consistent

Evidence (1)

Context (PECO)

Populationlipedema patients (n=111, 334 sessions)
Conditionlipedema
Exposurelow-volume micro-cannular liposuction, tumescent anesthesia
Comparatorpre-operative baseline
Outcomepain (VAS), thigh circumference, mobility, CDT need, adverse events
Scopeauto-ingested from Layer 1 surveillance

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