Atiyeh Bishara S, Chahine Fadl
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
Trad Hospital Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
Aesthetic Plast Surg. 2021 Apr;45(2):570-578. doi: 10.1007/s00266-020-01863-3. Epub 2020 Jul 23.
Being profitable procedures with little disposable costs, a number of noninvasive technologies have gained much popularity in recent years and are permeating the aesthetic marketplace. High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) when focused at a targeted depth of 1.1 to 1.6 cm within subcutaneous tissue raises local tissue temperature at the focal point resulting in almost immediate cell death without damage to the surrounding tissues. Despite having gained popularity, little information is available regarding HIFU use for the treatment of localized fat and aesthetic body sculpturing. The current literature review is intended to investigate evidence-based efficacy of HIFU in aesthetic body contouring. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE IV: This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the online Instructions to Authors www.springer.com/00266 .
作为成本低廉且盈利可观的治疗手段，近年来一些非侵入性技术颇受欢迎，并正在渗透到美容市场。当高强度聚焦超声（HIFU）聚焦于皮下组织1.1至1.6厘米的目标深度时，会使焦点处的局部组织温度升高，几乎立即导致细胞死亡，而不会损伤周围组织。尽管HIFU已受到欢迎，但关于其用于局部脂肪治疗和美容美体塑形的信息却很少。当前的文献综述旨在研究HIFU在美容美体塑形方面基于证据的疗效。证据级别IV：本刊要求作者为每篇文章指定证据级别。有关这些循证医学评级的完整描述，请参阅目录或作者在线指南www.springer.com/00266 。
