Fat removal procedures Fat removal procedures Fat removal procedures are used mostly in cosmetic surgery to remove unwanted adipose tissue. The procedure may be invasive, as with liposuction, or noninvasive, using laser energy, radiofrequency, ultrasound or cold (cryoablation) to reduce fat, sometimes in combination with injections. Fat is sometimes removed from one location to another on a person in an autograft, for example in some breast reconstruction and breast augmentation procedures. These techniques are distinct from bariatric surgery, which aims to treat obesity by preventing people from eating too much or by interfering with the absorption of food during digestion, and are also
Stereotactic surgery brain, biopsy and surgery of the breast are done routinely to locate, sample (biopsy) and remove tissue. Plain X-ray images (radiographic mammography), computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging can be used to guide the procedure. Another accepted form of "stereotactic" is "stereotaxic". The word roots are "stereo-", a prefix derived from the Greek word στερεός ("stereos", "solid"), and "-taxis" (a suffix of New Latin and ISV, derived from Greek "taxis", "arrangement", "order", from "tassein", "to arrange"). Stereotactic surgery works on the basis of three main components: Modern stereotactic planning systems are computer based. The stereotactic atlas is a series of