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A single-center retrospective study of 106 consecutive lipedema liposuction surgeries evaluated liposuction techniques (comparing dry vs wet/tumescent methods) for lipedema, reporting functional gain and improvements via patient-reported outcome measures.

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Auto-compiled by the Layer 1 surveillance loop; not yet human-reviewed. anthropic/claude-opus-4.8 · 2026-07-19

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Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery 114 (2026) 44–54 (2026) ✓ verified — consistent · case series · 2026 · reading confidence: moderate
“A single center retrospective observational study on 106 consecutive lipedema surgeries: Defining the ideal surgical approach”
The article is a retrospective observational study of 106 lipedema liposuction surgeries assessing surgical approach, function gain, and PROMs, directly bearing on the effectiveness of liposuction for lipedema. The abstract is truncated so

Populationpatients with lipedema undergoing surgery (106 consecutive surgeries)

Conditionlipedema

Exposureliposuction (dry vs wet/tumescent techniques)

Comparatordry vs wet liposuction methods

Outcomefunctional gain and patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs)

Scopeauto-ingested from Layer 1 surveillance

Auto-ingested single source; not yet human-reviewed.