- It's quiet
- Requires no maintenance
- Can be easily transported
- It's lightweight and has a comfortable feel
- It's precise for measuring tissue and fluid
- Makes superficial suction with small diameter cannulas very easy
- Makes autologous tissue transfer easy
- Does not create hazardous aerosol contamination in the operating room
- Does not require an expensive pump, tubing or filter
- Is infinitely expandable
The
Machine
The
Tulip Syringe System
Cost of material
High. Two machines
needed in case one breaks down during the operation.
Low
Maintenance/transportation
Heavy, encumbering
Lightweight
easy transport
Breakdown
Always possible
No
effect on the technique
Ease of use
Heavy, more
difficult to use
Light,
easy to use
Surgical control
Less precision;
no exact measure of resected volumes
Precise
as there is a measure unit for resected quantities (fat and fluid).
Lipoextraction power
One atmosphere
One
atmosphere; vacuum can be obtained only once.
Lipoextraction speed
Same as syringe
Same
as machine
Deadspace
Exists and is
major
Does
not exist; syringe is primed with normal saline before the liposculpturing
procedure begins.
Buffering effect
Does not exist
Exists,
important due to the priming of the syringe before the operation; one of the
major advantages of using the syringe.
Surgeon's fatigue/comfort
More tiring
than the syringe
Less
tiring than the machine; in both cases the same back-and-forth movements are
necessary, either with heavy equipment or with light equipment, to introduce
the adipose tissue cores into the cannula.
Quality of results
Good but uncertain;
possible mistakes
Excellent;
more reliable results; few errors possible, especially with superficial liposculpturing.
Symmetry of results with large
paired adiposities.
Approximate;
more difficult to estimate in large containers
Precise;
syringe is a measuring unit for volume surgery (fat and fluid)
Symmetry of results in small,
paired adiposities
Approximate
estimate
Precise;
verified on syringe's graduated scale.
Noise during operation
More or less
loud, depending on the machine; it bothers or worries patients under or twilight
anesthesia
Total
silence; good environment for patient and surgeon, who can then do more creative
work.
Liposanguine aerosols
Yes, if the
filter is inappropriate (AIDS, herpes, hepatitis)
No
risk
Perioperative bleeding
Higher because
of direct negative pressure on the capillaries.
Much
less because of the syringe's buffering effect
Work of two trained operators
Risky owing
to uneven work and asymmetry of results, equipment problems; unreliable.
No
problem, as precise estimate of paired symmetrical adiposities; desirable
for treating large, medium, multiple, or paired adiposities.
Advantages of operation done
by two trained operators
Not applicable
Operative
and anesthesia time decreased; hospitalization and convalescence shorter;
less fatigue for operators
Reutilization of extracted fat
Vaporization
and trauma of the adipose tissue, as transport is done in a vacuum, with brutal
impact.
No
tissue vaporization, as transport is done in a liquid environment (buffering
of impact); syringe allows extraction, treatment (washing), and reinjection
of the adipose tissue using an entirely closed technique, respecting the integrity
and sterility of the extraction; if desired, fat can be stored in the syringe
in the deep freezer for later injection
Cellulite treatment
Possible, but
not as accurate and easy
Easy
and Precise
Democratization
of operation among surgeons and potential patients
Difficult
Easy
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