Madelung’s Disease: Lipectomy or Liposuction?

Table 2

Summary of the clinic data of published cases of Madelung disease.

Age	Middle age
Sex	Appearing mostly in male
Most frequent locations	Neck and face
Most frequent comorbidities	Nephropathy, hepatopathy, and metabolic abnormalities
Treatment
Surgical method (most)	Lipectomy (most) and liposuction
Medical procedure	Intralipotherapy and medical therapy
New techniques	Combined lipectomy and liposuction, ultrasound-assisted liposuction (UAL), tunneling technique, cervical dissection technique, powered-assisted liposuction (PAL), rhytidectomy approach, special incisions (a small submental incision and slightly modified rhytidectomy incisions, posterior neck incision, T shaped incision)
The main problem after treatment	Relapse, especially after liposuction

A simple summary of the clinic date of the 106 published cases of Madelung’s disease.