TY - JOUR
T1 - Fat Processing Techniques
AU - Xue, Erica Y.
AU - Narvaez, Luciana
AU - Chu, Carrie K.
AU - Hanson, Summer E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/2/1
Y1 - 2020/2/1
N2 - Autologous fat grafting is an aesthetic and reconstructive procedure in which an individual's own fat is harvested and injected into the soft tissues to correct contour and other abnormalities. Fat graft is considered the ideal soft tissue filler for its biocompatibility, lack of immunogenicity, and availability. The entire procedure of harvesting, processing, and transfer of fat graft affects fat graft take and effectiveness of fat grafting. This article will focus on the most common methods of fat graft processing, including centrifugation, cotton gauze rolling, sedimentation, and filtration/washing. The fragility of the harvested adipocytes makes the technique of fat graft processing of utmost importance, as blood and other unnecessary cellular fragments are removed. Each fat graft processing method has its own merits and shortcomings; however, due to a lack of well-defined prospective studies, there is no evidence to support one processing method as superior to another.
AB - Autologous fat grafting is an aesthetic and reconstructive procedure in which an individual's own fat is harvested and injected into the soft tissues to correct contour and other abnormalities. Fat graft is considered the ideal soft tissue filler for its biocompatibility, lack of immunogenicity, and availability. The entire procedure of harvesting, processing, and transfer of fat graft affects fat graft take and effectiveness of fat grafting. This article will focus on the most common methods of fat graft processing, including centrifugation, cotton gauze rolling, sedimentation, and filtration/washing. The fragility of the harvested adipocytes makes the technique of fat graft processing of utmost importance, as blood and other unnecessary cellular fragments are removed. Each fat graft processing method has its own merits and shortcomings; however, due to a lack of well-defined prospective studies, there is no evidence to support one processing method as superior to another.
KW - ASCs
KW - adipose-derived stem cells
KW - autologous fat grafting
KW - centrifugation
KW - fat graft filtration
KW - fat graft processing
KW - lipoaspirate processing
KW - liposuction
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U2 - 10.1055/s-0039-3402052
DO - 10.1055/s-0039-3402052
M3 - Article
C2 - 32071574
AN - SCOPUS:85085029978
SN - 1535-2188
VL - 34
SP - 11
EP - 16
JO - Seminars in Plastic Surgery
JF - Seminars in Plastic Surgery
IS - 1
ER -