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Wed, 20 May
|WA 6.30pm, SA 8pm, AEST 8.30pm, NZ 10.30pm
May Journal Club - MLD in abdominoplasty and liposuction
A 2019 study that aimed to 'verify the effects of the association between the manual lymphatic drainage and the therapeutic ultrasound on pain, oedema and the tissue fibrosis in liposuction and lipoabdominoplasty post-operatively'.
Date & Timezones
20 May 2026, 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm ACST
WA 6.30pm, SA 8pm, AEST 8.30pm, NZ 10.30pm
Therapists
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Manual lymphatic drainage and therapeutic ultrasound in liposuction and lipoabdominoplasty post-operative period.
Masson, I. F. B., de Oliveira, B. D. A., Machado, A. F. P., Farcic, T. S., Júnior, I. E., & Baldan, C. S. (2014). Indian J Plast Surg, 47(01), 70-76. doi:10.4103/0970-0358.129627
ABSTRACT
Background: Physiotherapy in the plastic surgery post-operative (PO) is essential to provide means for an adequate and fast recovery as it restores function through the use of physiotherapeutic procedures. Aim: The aim of the following study is to verify the effects of the association between the manual lymphatic drainage and the therapeutic ultrasound on pain, oedema and the tissue fibrosis in liposuction and lipoabdominoplasty PO. Design: This is a clinical trial prospective. Materials and Methods: Eighteen women aged between 18 and 60 years participated in this study, in the late PO period following lipoabdominoplasty or liposuction in the abdomen, flanks and lower trunk, which showed tissue…