Background Clinicians are facing an increasing trend toward nonsurgical nose reshaping
using synthetic injectables, mainly for patients who refuse standard rhinoplasties …

Conclusion. Formation of new fat cells may occur in injected adipose tissue in response to
basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF). Objective. In an effort to prevent loss of fat volume and …

Purpose: This article reviews the lipofilling technique using a fat tissue suspension obtained
by manual or vacuum machine-assisted suction. Patients and Methods: Between 1989 and …

BACKGROUND: Autologous fat grafts have gained popularity among Cranio-Maxillofacial
surgeons within the past years. Most publications report favourable outcomes but lack …

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 …

Background As widely described in the medical literature, facial fat grafting has been limited
to the subcutaneous plane, with only vague reference to the muscular plane and deeper …

The use of adipose tissue transfer for correction of maxillofacial defects was reported for the
first time at the end of the 19th century. Structural fat grafting (SFG) was introduced as a way …

Background Numerous techniques and materials are available for increasing the dorsal
height and length of the nose. Microautologous fat transplantation (MAFT) may be an …

PURPOSE: There are a few injectable biomaterials used in vocal-fold–augmentation
surgery. In this study, liposuctioned autologous fat, used as the injection material, was …

Although patients with a cleft lip and palate undergo many surgeries and other therapeutic
procedures in the course of their treatment, many are still deeply concerned with their …