Autologous Fat Transfer: An Aesthetic and Functional Refinement for Parotidectomy

Autologous Fat Transfer: An Aesthetic and Functional Refinement for Parotidectomy

Parotidectomy is a surgical procedure associated to functional (Frey's syndrome) as well as aesthetic (facial asymmetry) complications that can be very disturbing for the patient. Several procedures have been described to primarily avoid or secondarily reconstruct the facial defect and treat the neurological iatrogenic syndrome. Autologous fat transfer was primarily used in 10 cases to avoid su...

Parotidectomy for benign parotid tumors: an aesthetic approach.

BACKGROUND/AIMS The sternocleidomastoid (SCM) partial thickness muscle flap is among the various methods described to correct parotidectomy defects, but its indications and limitations are not clearly demonstrated in several reports. This study was done to test the aesthetic outcome of this method, its indications and limitations. The technique was combined with a face lift incision to further ...

Facelift approach for parotidectomy: an evolving aesthetic technique.

OBJECTIVE To systematically review the literature on the modified facelift incision for parotidectomy and to identify the scope and safety of this approach, along with cosmetic outcomes. Where available, a direct comparison was made with Blair's incision (BI). DATA SOURCES Medline, PubMed, Cochrane, and CINHAL databases for English-language studies published between 1960 and 2011 on the facel...

Heparin-enhanced Harvest and Decanting for Autologous Fat Transfer

Megavolume Autologous Fat Transfer : Part I .

550 “Doctor, can’t you just take some from here and put it there?” All plastic surgeons with at least a modest experience in breast surgery have heard these words, and have sadly replied that it was not possible. We present our theory and principles based on the literature and our personal experience with over 1000 fat-grafting procedures to the breast as evidence of a paradigm shift in the rea...