How fat grafting works

BGA Evans, EM Gronet… - Plastic and Reconstructive …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Background: Fat grafting has been shown to improve diseased soft issue. Although the
mechanism behind fat grafting's regenerative properties is currently debated, published …

Fat grafting as regenerative surgery: a current review

JM Firriolo, A Condé-Green, LLQ Pu - Plastic and Reconstructive …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Autologous fat grafting has long been regarded as an ideal filler, lauded for its ability to
restore soft-tissue contour. In recent times, fat grafting has exhibited regenerative capacity …

Studies in fat grafting: part V. Cell-assisted lipotransfer to enhance fat graft retention is dose dependent

KJ Paik, ER Zielins, DA Atashroo… - Plastic and …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Background: Cell-assisted lipotransfer has shown much promise as a technique for
improving fat graft take. However, the concentration of stromal vascular fraction cells …

The angiogenic and adipogenic modes of adipose tissue after free fat grafting

Z Dong, Z Peng, Q Chang, W Zhan… - Plastic and …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Background: The major drawback of adipose grafting is its clinical unpredictability, which
leads to surgeon and patient dissatisfaction. The mechanisms underlying angiogenesis and …

6: augmentation of fat graft survival with progenitor cell mobilization

P Butala, SM Sultan, EH Davidson… - Plastic and …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Methods: Male 8-week old FVB mice (n= 24) underwent grafting of either 2 cc of the highest
density (n= 12) or 2 cc of the lowest density (n= 12) human lipoaspirate after centrifugation …

Degeneration, regeneration, and cicatrization after fat grafting: dynamic total tissue remodeling during the first 3 months

H Kato, K Mineda, H Eto, K Doi, S Kuno… - Plastic and …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Background: Fat grafting is promising, but clinical outcomes are not always predictable. The
mechanisms of tissue revascularization/regeneration, and tissue necrosis and subsequent …

The science of fat grafting

L Shih, MJ Davis, SJ Winocour - Seminars in plastic surgery, 2020 - thieme-connect.com
Autologous fat grafting has become a popular and well-established technique used by
plastic surgeons in a variety of aesthetic and reconstructive procedures. An understanding of …

Fat grafting's past, present, and future: why adipose tissue is emerging as a critical link to the advancement of regenerative medicine

VM Hsu, CA Stransky, LP Bucky… - Aesthetic surgery …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Fat grafting is a common reconstructive and aesthetic procedure with extensive clinical
applications. Recently, significant strides have been made in investigating the biology …

Fate of free fat grafts with or without adipogenic adjuncts to enhance graft outcomes

HH Tang, XL Han, H Debels, B Tan… - Plastic and …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Background: Free fat grafting is popular, but it is still unclear how it works. Although focusing
on graft survival seems an obvious direction for improving clinical results, the authors' …

What do we know now about autologous fat grafting?

S Gal, Y Xue, LLQ Pu - Annals of Plastic Surgery, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Autologous fat grafting has remained part of the plastic surgeon's armamentarium. Although
there have been numerous articles written on this topic, its scientific basis has recently come …