Fatter is better: boosting the vascularization of adipose tissue grafts

E Limido, A Weinzierl, Y Harder… - … Engineering Part B …, 2023 - liebertpub.com
Adipose tissue resorption after fat grafting is a major drawback in plastic and reconstructive
surgery, which is primarily caused by the insufficient blood perfusion of the grafts in the initial …

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 …

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' …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Towards more rationalized approach to autologous fat grafting

LLQ Pu - Journal of plastic, reconstructive & aesthetic surgery, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Even though fat grafting has become widely used by plastic surgeons, most
surgeons choose their method of fat grafting based almost entirely on anecdotal evidence …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] proposed methods to improve the survival of adipose tissue in autologous fat grafting

MJ Landau, ZE Birnbaum, LG Kurtz… - … Surgery–Global Open, 2018 - journals.lww.com
In 2009, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons Task Force on Autologous Fat Grafting
(AFG) determined that autologous fat grafting was a safe procedure with a relatively low rate …

Lipotransfer: the potential from bench to bedside

I Tocco, AD Widgerow, S Lalezari… - Annals of Plastic …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
The development of autologous fat grafting to augment or reconstruct tissue defects has
become an increasingly popular modality among plastic surgeons. Despite its popularity, a …