Tumescent liposuction has been proved to be a safe, effective and minimally invasive
procedure in axillary osmidrosis treatment. However, the procedure alone is very hard
to completely remove the apocrine glands tightly attached to the dermis in dermo-subcutaneous
junction. Although several similar techniques have been reported in the past few years,
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the results are still not fully satisfied. In this report, we introduce a modified
procedure as an alternative for osmidrosis patients.To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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Publication history
Published online: June 18, 2012
Received:
October 27,
2011
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© 2012 British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
