Extracorporeal shockwave therapy in plastic, hand, aesthetic, and reconstructive surgery.
Radial extracorporeal shockwave therapy is associated with reduced facial skin pore size.
Extracorporeal shockwave therapy in plastic, hand, aesthetic, and reconstructive surgery.
Plastic surgery is a multidimensional surgical discipline including reconstructive surgery, hand surgery, aesthetic surgery, and burn surgery, all on the fundament of plastic surgical research.
In aesthetic surgery, cellulite has been studied extensively, with more than 15 clinical studies, some of them randomized.
In all of these disciplines, extracorporeal shockwave therapy (extracorporeal shockwave therapy) has been studied both experimentally and clinically.
In reconstructive surgery, experimental data clearly demonstrate better survival of flaps when either pre- and/or postconditioned with extracorporeal shockwave therapy, with fewer complications.
Both radial and focused extracorporeal shockwave therapy improve cellulite after 6-8 sessions by 25-35%.
In breast reconstruction, extracorporeal shockwave therapy has been shown to reduce the capsular fibrosis associated with breast implants.
As detailed in this article, extracorporeal shockwave therapy is successfully applied in the entire field of plastic surgery-in reconstructive surgery, hand surgery, burn surgery, and aesthetic surgery, improving outcomes and reducing complications.