Background Liposuction has been proposed as a potential treatment for the metabolic
complications of obesity. We evaluated the effect of large-volume abdominal liposuction on …

Abdominal obesity is associated with metabolic risk factors for coronary heart disease
(CHD). Although we previously found that using liposuction surgery to remove abdominal …

Liposuction is one of the more common elective surgical procedures in the US and is
supposed to be on the increase. There are no reported studies specifically addressing the …

The aim of this study was to identify the effects of surgically removing subcutaneous fat on
the metabolic profile and insulin sensitivity in obese women after large-volume liposuction …

In this study, the authors investigated the physiologic effects of the altered body composition
that results from surgical removal of large amounts of subcutaneous adipose tissue …

Obesity is a major health problem in the western world and its frequency is steadily
increasing. Although overeating and physical inactivity are probably the major causes of …

During the past 10 years, there has been a dramatic increase in the prevalence of obesity in
the United States and other developed nations. Recent studies indicate that adipose tissue …

Aims/hypothesis Obesity is characterised by increased triacylglycerol storage in adipose
tissue. There is in vitro evidence for a blunted beta-adrenergically mediated lipolytic …

In contrast to the accumulation of fat in the gluteo-femoral region, the accumulation of fat
around abdominal viscera and inside intraabdominal solid organs is strongly associated …

Routine liposuction has very low perioperative complication rates and is thus considered to
be innocuous. Some authors have even proposed that large-volume liposuction could be …