A meniscus tear, damage to a piece of cartilage in the knee, causes pain and swelling. Symptoms of knee or kneecap dislocations include pain and swelling in the knee, stiffness, and deformity. Lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease marked by swollen painful joints, a rash, swollen lymph nodes, and more. Osgood-Schlatter disease causes a painful swollen bump on the shin below the knee.
Plastic surgeons can use one of several different types of techniques to perform liposuction surgery. These techniques include dry, wet, tumescent, super-wet, ultrasound-assisted liposuction, and power-assisted liposuction (MicroAire) techniques.
Types of Liposuction. There are just a few different liposuction techniques. But what they all have in common is the use of a thin tube, called a cannula, connected to a vacuum to suction the fat from your body. Tumescent liposuction is the most common technique. Your surgeon injects a sterile solution into the area where the fat is to be removed. It consists of saline -- which is salt water - along with lidocaine and epinephrine.