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.
There are two types of Mohs surgery: fresh-tissue technique and fixed-tissue technique. Of the surgeons who perform Mohs surgery, 72% use only the fresh-tissue technique. The remaining surgeons (18%) use both techniques. However, the fixed-tissue technique is used in fewer than 5% of patients.