TY - JOUR
T1 - The effect of epinephrine on blood loss during suction lipectomy
AU - Courtiss, Eugene H.
AU - Kanter, Mitchel A.
AU - Kanter, William R.
AU - Ransil, Bernard J.
PY - 1991/11
Y1 - 1991/11
N2 - In a prospective, double-blind, controlled study on 26 consecutive patients who underwent suction lipectomy, the injection of epinephrine (1:250,000, 1:500,000, or 1:1,000,000) was not found to decrease fluid/blood loss when compared with saline injection or no injection at all. Since our study fails to support the use of epinephrine to lessen fluid/blood loss during suction lipectomy, we have abandoned its use in that procedure.
AB - In a prospective, double-blind, controlled study on 26 consecutive patients who underwent suction lipectomy, the injection of epinephrine (1:250,000, 1:500,000, or 1:1,000,000) was not found to decrease fluid/blood loss when compared with saline injection or no injection at all. Since our study fails to support the use of epinephrine to lessen fluid/blood loss during suction lipectomy, we have abandoned its use in that procedure.
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U2 - 10.1097/00006534-199111000-00009
DO - 10.1097/00006534-199111000-00009
M3 - Article
C2 - 1924565
AN - SCOPUS:0026333881
SN - 0032-1052
VL - 88
SP - 801
EP - 803
JO - Plastic and reconstructive surgery
JF - Plastic and reconstructive surgery
IS - 5
ER -