Background The stromal vascular fraction (SVF) has been widely explored in a number of
therapeutic applications in several specialties. Its therapeutic potential is being increasingly …

Scars may represent more than a cosmetic concern for patients; they may impose functional
limitations and are frequently associated with the sensation of itching or pain, thus impacting …

The good availability and the large content of adult stem cells in adipose tissue has made it
one of the most interesting tissues in regenerative medicine. Although lipofilling is one of the …

Introduction Large-volume fat grafting is emerging as a promising technique in plastic and
reconstructive surgery. However, the unpredictable graft volume retention rate remains a …

The use of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and adipose-derived stromal cells (ADSC) have been
investigated as a form of wound healing enhancement. The objective of this work was to …

Fat grafting can restore facial volume for reconstructive and cosmetic indications. Common
practice often involves extracting lipoaspirate from the most abundant anatomic location …

Autologous fat grafting technology has become a new method for breast reconstruction after
breast surgery due to its advantages of simple operation, low immunogenicity, fewer …

Autologous fat grafting is the gold standard for treatment in patients with soft-tissue defects.
However, the technique has a major limitation of unpredictable fat resorption due to …

In recent years, autologous fat transfer (AFT) has gained popularity for reconstructive and
cosmetic procedures due to its minimally invasive nature and natural-looking results …

Results The literature is limited to a few case reports on pedicle occlusion in free flap breast
reconstruction and a few heterogeneous retrospective reviews reporting on late pedicle …