It is safe to say that without Jeffrey Klein, who first described tumes- cent local anesthesia, this book would never have been written. This technique of local anesthesia, originally designed for use in outpatient liposuction procedures in the United States of America, was intro- duced into clinical practice in Darmstadt in 1990 and is now employed in a growing number of areas of surgical dermatology. Eight years of experience have shown it to be a particularly elegant and safe method of local anesthesia, especially in the treatment of large areas of skin. A large number of scientific...

It is safe to say that without Jeffrey Klein, who first described tumes- cent local anesthesia, this book would never have been written. This technique of local anesthesia, originally designed for use in outpatient liposuction procedures in the United States of America, was intro- duced into clinical practice in Darmstadt in 1990 and is now employed in a growing number of areas of surgical dermatology. Eight years of experience have shown it to be a particularly elegant and safe method of local anesthesia, especially in the treatment of large areas of skin. A large number of scientific...

Das vorliegende Buch beschreibt die von einem Dermatologen und einem Pharmakologen entwickelte Methode zur Lokalanasthesie zum Beispiel bei der kosmetischen Fettabsaugung und anderen Anwendungsgebieten. Anhand von bebilderten Anleitungen und praxisnahen Bilderserien gibt das Buch praktische Anleitungen zur Durchfuhrung der Tumeszenz-Lokalanasthesie. Ebenso werden die Vorteile dieses neuen Verfahrens herausgestellt."