ABSTRACT
For liposuction using tumescent local anesthesia, the surgeon needs, in addition to manual dexterity and experience, a range of specific instruments which, like the operating and anesthetic techniques, have developed since the beginning of liposuction surgery. Improvements in instrumentation have been a major contribution to the current operating standard. Requirements are pump systems to inject the large amounts of tumescent solution and a range of suction cannulas and aspirators for actual liposuction. The high standard currently achieved does not represent the endpoint. There will be continuing further developments and improvements in this area (see Chapter 2).
