Absence of an Effect of Liposuction on Insulin Action and Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease
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- 17 June 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 350 (25), 2549-2557
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa033179
Abstract
Liposuction has been proposed as a potential treatment for the metabolic complications of obesity. We evaluated the effect of large-volume abdominal liposuction on metabolic risk factors for coronary heart disease in women with abdominal obesity.Keywords
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