TY - JOUR
T1 - Fat grafting and breast reconstruction: tips for ensuring predictability
AU - Gabriel, Allen
AU - Champaneria, Manish C.
AU - Maxwell, G. Patrick
N1 - Autologous fat grafting is widely used in breast surgery to refine and optimize aesthetic outcomes. Despite its widespread use, obtaining predictable, reliable, and consistent outcomes remains a significant challenge and is influenced by the technique used for procurement, processing, and placement of the fat. At present, there is no published consensus on the optimal technique.
PY - 2015/5/26
Y1 - 2015/5/26
N2 - Autologous fat grafting is widely used in breast surgery to refine and optimize aesthetic outcomes. Despite its widespread use, obtaining predictable, reliable, and consistent outcomes remains a significant challenge and is influenced by the technique used for procurement, processing, and placement of the fat. At present, there is no published consensus on the optimal technique. The purpose of this article is to review current techniques at each stage of fat grafting and provide tips on best practices based on the published literature as well as our extensive clinical experience.
AB - Autologous fat grafting is widely used in breast surgery to refine and optimize aesthetic outcomes. Despite its widespread use, obtaining predictable, reliable, and consistent outcomes remains a significant challenge and is influenced by the technique used for procurement, processing, and placement of the fat. At present, there is no published consensus on the optimal technique. The purpose of this article is to review current techniques at each stage of fat grafting and provide tips on best practices based on the published literature as well as our extensive clinical experience.
UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4461705/
UR - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26161308
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=PMC4461705
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/b94d3fd2-c881-33d4-9b6a-88253ef35d7b/
U2 - 10.3978/j.issn.2227-684X.2015.04.18
DO - 10.3978/j.issn.2227-684X.2015.04.18
M3 - Article
C2 - 26161308
VL - 4
SP - 232
EP - 243
JO - Gland surgery
JF - Gland surgery
IS - 3
ER -