Perforation of viscera, a dramatic complication of liposuction: a review of 19 cases evaluated by experts in France between 2000 and 2012.

Background: Perforation of one or several intraperitoneal organs during a liposuction procedure is an exceptional but underestimated complication. Knowledge of this complication is essential because of frequent delay in diagnosis and possible dramatic consequences.

Methods: Nineteen cases were evaluated by experts and are presented in a retrospective analysis.

Patient information before aesthetic lipomodeling (lipoaugmentation): a French plastic surgeon's perspective.

Fat grafting to the breasts has long been controversial among aesthetic surgeons. We have developed a new, safe, effective, and reliable lipomodeling method to be used in breast augmentation. This method grew out of our clinical and radiologic experience acquired since 1998 with fat injections to the breast.