Abdominoplasty (Tummy Tuck) Surgery Using the Advanced PEAK Surgical Cutting Device

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The PlasmaBlade provides plastic/reconstructive surgeons with a single tissue dissection device that offers several features and benefits:
•It quickly and easily cuts through all types of tissue, including skin, fat and muscle, and dissects in a wet or dry surgical field.
•It allows for viable healthy tissue flaps to be raised and/or transferred.
•It provides the same positive wound healing profile of minimal scarring and inflammation as a scalpel but with 60 percent less bleeding.
•It provides 65 percent greater skin incision wound strength at six weeks than traditional electrosurgery.
•It results in 60 percent less scar tissue formation at six weeks than traditional electrosurgery, which is associated with improved cosmesis compared with traditional electrosurgery.
•It eliminates the need to switch between a scalpel and a traditional electrosurgery or cautery device, improving workflow efficiency and reducing the chance for sharps injuries or burns.
•Because of the lower temperature and minimal tissue charring associated with the PlasmaBlade, it avoids the problems of surgical smoke associated with traditional electrosurgery, which can obscure the operating field in the pocket.
•Because it is associated with reduced injury to adjacent tissues, the PlasmaBlade can be used safely near delicate structures such as nerves (in facelifts and hand operations) and blood vessels (in hand operations and in free tissue transfers).
•It may reduce the incidence of surgical site infections as it causes less deposition of eschar because of the cooler temperatures at which it operates, and also leaves behind less necrotic tissue. Thus it reduces two potential harbors for infectious microorganisms, and lessens the burden on the inflammatory system as the body attempts to clear the dead material.