9709-1047 Chamosa
Chamosa M.
Suction lipectomy of the ankle area.
Plast Reconstr Surg. 1997 Sep;100(4):1047-52; discussion 1053. PMID: 9290677
This article discusses the basic concepts of the aesthetics of the ankle area,
emphasizing the lower limb's proportions, and looking for the greatest
proportional fineness in this area. The normal ankle is schematized as if it
were a rhomboid prism whose major axis is anteroposterior, and circumferential
liposuction is discussed in order to avoid reproduction of the same ankle's
lipodystrophic shapes. To do so, the roundness of the ankle is divided as if it
consisted of the rectangular faces of a rhomboid prism to get the anatomic and
aesthetic shapes of this area. The article also discusses the details of the
anesthesic infiltration, the surgical technique, and ways to avoid any damage in
the noble structures when liposuction is performed in the ankle area. This
technique may be applied when the orthostatic axis of the lower limbs is
deflected; it can be optically corrected in the leg or aligned through
exaggerated liposuction of the convex lipodystrophic areas.
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