Heparin-enhanced Harvest and Decanting for Autologous Fat Transfer

Heparin-enhanced Harvest and Decanting for Autologous Fat Transfer

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...

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...

Autologous fat grafting: use of closed syringe microcannula system for enhanced autologous structural grafting

OBJECTIVES Provide background for use of acquiring autologous adipose tissue as a tissue graft and source of adult progenitor cells for use in cosmetic plastic surgery. Discuss the background and mechanisms of action of closed syringe vacuum lipoaspiration, with emphasis on accessing adipose-derived mesenchymal/stromal cells and the stromal vascular fraction (SVF) for use in aesthetic, structur...

Role of Autologous Fat Transfer to the Superficial Fat Compartments for Perioral Rejuvenation.

BACKGROUND Autologous fat transfer to the deep compartments of the face has proven to be a powerful adjunct to volume restoration during rhytidectomy. However, to treat all components of volume deflation in facial aging, the perioral superficial compartments must be addressed. Various fillers have been used to augment these compartments; however, few studies have assessed the efficacy of autolo...