Jeffrey A. Klein

Jeffrey Alan Klein is an American dermatologist from Southern California, who described the tumescent technique for liposuction surgery in 1987,[1] which according to Jayashree Venkataram "revolutionized liposuction surgery" by "permit[ting] liposuction totally by local anaesthesia and with minimal blood loss."[2] He is the author of Tumescent Technique: Tumescent Anesthesia & Microcannular Liposuction, a textbook on liposuction safety and effectiveness.[3]

  1. ^ Klein, JA (1987). "The tumescent technique for liposuction surgery". AM J Cosmetic Surg. 4 (4): 1124–32. doi:10.1177/074880688700400403. S2CID 136432236.
  2. ^ Venkataram, Jayashree (2008). "Tumescent Liposuction: A Review". J Cutan Aesthet Surg. 1 (2): 49–57. doi:10.4103/0974-2077.44159. PMC 2840906. PMID 20300344.
  3. ^ Klein, Jeffrey A. (2000). Tumescent Technique: Tumescent Anesthesia & Microcannular Liposuction. Mosby. ISBN 9780815152057.