VASER-Assisted Lipoplasty Compared With Suction-Assisted Lipoplasty (Contra-Lateral)

Sound Surgical Technologies

Status and phase

Completed

Phase 4

Conditions

Healthy

Treatments

Device: VASER-assisted lipoplasty

Device: Suction-assisted Lipoplasty

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Industry

Identifiers

NCT00731354

SST40.2

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is being done to compare two commonly available types of body contouring, VASER-Assisted Lipoplasty (VAL) and Suction-Assisted Lipoplasty (SAL), and to decide if one procedure is preferred by patients and/or surgeons over the other. Participants will have VAL on one side of their body and SAL on the opposite side.

Enrollment

21 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 50 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

give voluntary, signed informed consent in accordance with institutional policies
be between the ages of 18-50 years old
Be willing and able to appear for all scheduled, post-operative visits with their doctor
Have moderate to good skin tone
Have excess fatty tissue in the arms, medial thighs, lateral thighs, or back where the extra tissue is expected to be composed of adipose tissue.
Have a body mass index between 20-30
Are non-smokers

Exclusion criteria

under the age of 18
over the age of 50
are undergoing boy contouring for reconstruction following injury or disease are deemed inappropriate candidates for surgery due to medical or mental health reasons
are concurrently being treated with other investigational agents or have participated in an investigational study within 60 days prior to surgery
elect not to participate in the study