The importance
of the new
innovative tools to doctors practising the art of aesthetic plastic surgery
has again been highlighted as advances in the application of the 4.0 MHz
frequency have identified 4.0 MHz as being the optimal radio wavelength for
surgical operations.
Ellman International Inc.
of New York markets
radio wave tools and has effectively redefined the relevance of radio
surgery, particularly its use in cosmetic surgery. Ever more plastic
surgeons consider operating without high frequency radio waves unthinkable.
For the experienced operating surgeon, its advantage over all the
alternative methods such as scalpel, laser or electro surgery is
indisputable. Its foremost benefit is precise dissertion of tissue with
minimisation of bleeding without significant damage to the wound edges.
Reduced heat production gives faster healing and lower postoperative
discomfort. The aesthetic surgeon is able to make an incision precisely,
without applying pressure or the tissue being pulled; much in the way an
artist wields an ink pen while drawing. The radio wave incision
simultaneously improves haemostasis and is antibacterial. Histological
tissue samples are not distorted by artefacts, as is the case for electro
surgery and laser surgery. Scar formation is optimal and superior to all
other procedures (scalpel, laser, …).
Radio surgery
is used
predominantly in aesthetic facial surgery, Blepharoplasty (for example)
surgical techniques cannot be applied with the same degree of precision nor
are they as straightforward as radio wave surgery. When making an incision,
the skin is simply touched by the electrode, it is 100% precise and there is
no tissue warping. The instrument's hand piece is similar to a pen holder.
Surgical operation with lasers is in contrast complicated, imprecise and
associated with prolonged wound healing due to denaturation of the wound
edges from extreme heat effects, which is an unsatisfactory compromise for
the advantage of minimising intra-surgical bleeding. In contrast to radio
waves, the scalpel cuts under application of pressure and pulling, which is
an imprecise incision technique for soft tissue such as eyelid skin, neither
does the scalpel give simultaneous arrest of bleeding.
Other operations such as
rhinophyma treatment, endoscopic brow lift, hair transplant, tumour removal,
etc. will benefit from 4.0 MHz radio surgery, as would many major surgical
interventions such as breast surgery, dermolipectomy, abdominal plastic
surgery, vein surgery, etc.
Albert K. Hofmann, MD
Klinik Rosengasse,
Rosengasse 19, D-89073 Ulm,
GermanyTel: ++49 731 14003413
e-mail: info@klinik-rosengasse.de
