Excision of lipoma

Indications

  • Cosmetic

Procedure

  1. GA / LA - depending on size of lipoma
  2. Incision over langer's lines
  3. Deepen to plane between capsule and surrounding adipose tissue: "squeeze" technique to remove
  4. Remove lipoma
  5. Control bleeding points with diathermy + obliterate dead space with absorbable sutures