ReviewAnnals of medicine and surgery (2012)2018
Autologous fat grafting: Harvesting techniques.
Review in Annals of medicine and surgery (2012), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Efficacy and Safety of Stromal Vascular Fraction in the Treatment of Tear Trough Deformity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2025Pooled it
- Injectable Scaffolds for Adipose Tissue Reconstruction.Gels (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Peristaltic Pump-Assisted Fat Harvesting and Closed-Circuit Grafting: Technique and Immediate Cell Membrane Integrity in a Case Series.Aesthetic surgery journal. Open forum · 2026Article
- Pilot Study: Fat Pad Restoration With Adipose Allograft in Metatarsalgia Patients Shows Structural, Functional Improvement.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2025Article
- Facial Injectable Fillers in Aesthetic Medicine: Clinical Applications and Safety Strategies.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2025Review
- Advancing Soft Tissue Reconstruction with a Ready-to-Use Human Adipose Allograft.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Current status of nanofat in the management of knee osteoarthritis: A systematic review.World journal of orthopedics · 2025Article
- Revisiting Fat Graft Harvesting and Processing Technique to Optimize Its Regenerative Potential.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2025Article
- Wound Healing: Harnessing Extracellular Vesicles Derived from Adipose-Derived Stem Cells.International journal of nanomedicine · 2025Review
- Pilot Study: Human Adipose Tissue Allograft for Fat Pad Defects in Patients With Preulcerative Lesions.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2024Article
- Adipose tissue allograft for the management of a pre-ulcerative plantar lesion in a diabetic neuropathic patient.Clinical case reports · 2024Article
- Understanding and controlling the variables for stromal vascular fraction therapy.World journal of stem cells · 2024Review
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- Histological Properties of Adipose Tissue as an Autologous Tissue Filler Harvested from Different Donor Areas and Impact of Centrifugation.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2024Article
- A Scoping Review: Autologous Fat Grafting to Improve Volume and Aesthetics of Cleft Lip Deformity.Cureus · 2024Article
- Comparative Analysis of a New Automatic System and Four Existing Techniques for Autologous Fat Grafting.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2023Article
- Particles of Different Sizes Affect the Retention Pattern of the Fat Grafts in a Mouse Model.Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2023Article
- Effects of Autologous Microfragmented Adipose Tissue on Healing of Tibial Plateau Levelling Osteotomies in Dogs: A Prospective Clinical Trial.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Experimental study on clinical and morphological determination of the optimal cannula diameter for lipoaspirate harvest from rabbit inguinal fat pad.Journal of applied biomedicine · 2023Article
- Male Pectoralis Major Muscle Augmentation with Autologous Fat Transplantation Using VASER Lipoaspirate: Evaluation with MRI.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2023Article
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Abstract
Autologous fat grafting is widely used for soft-tissue augmentation and replacement in reconstructive and aesthetic surgery providing a biocompatible, natural and inexpensive method. Multiple approaches have been developed in the past years, varying in the location of adipose tissue donor-sites, use of wetting solutions, harvesting, processing and placing techniques. Despite many advances in this subject, the lack of standardization in the protocols and the unpredictability of the resorption of the grafted tissue pose a significant limitation for graft retention and subsequent filling. In this review, we discuss several approaches and methods described over the last years concerning the harvesting of autologous fat grafts. We focus on contents such as the best donor-site, differences between existing harvesting techniques (namely tissue resection, hand aspiration or liposuction techniques), recommended harvesting cannula diameters, pressure application and volume of wetting solution injected prior aspiration. Results and comparisons between methods tend to vary according to the outcome measured, thus posing a limitation to pinpoint the most efficient methods to apply in fat grafting. Additionally, the lack of a standard assay to determine viability or volume augmentation of fat grafting remains another limitation to obtain universally accepted grafting procedures and protocols.
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