ArticlePlastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open2021
Lipo Definition in Thighs: Volumizing and Defining the Vastus Muscles by Fat Transfer.
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- Application of Anthropometric Measurements in Assessing Lower Extremity Volume for Fat Grafting in the Treatment of Lower Extremity Asymmetry Caused by Poliomyelitis.Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2026Article
- Muscle Amplification With the Ultrasound-guided Rectus Abdominis Fat Transfer Technique: Assessment of Intramuscular Graft Evolution.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2025Article
- Superficial Intramuscular Gluteal Lipograft by Doppler Ultrasound: A Report of 24 Patients.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2024Article
- Ultrasonography as a Tool to Improve Preoperative Marking in Body Contour Surgery.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2023Article
- Intramuscular Posterior Thigh Volumization: An Aesthetic and Harmonious Transition to the Gluteal Region (Hv-FAT).Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2023Article
- Echo-guided Lower-back Sculpture and Volumization as a Complement to High-definition Liposuction (XPINE-FAT).Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2022Article
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Abstract
Volumizing muscles in the thighs by fat grafting to complement body contouring surgeries has not been adequately investigated. Our objective was to describe a technique (VDVFAT) that defines and volumizes thigh muscles by lipotransfer in the vastus medialis and vastus lateralis muscles.
methodsVDVFAT was performed in 52 patients by the same surgeon at a private clinic in Lima, Peru, between 2018 and 2019. All patients were aged between 18 and 60 years, had no cutaneous flaccidity of the thighs, had a body mass index less than 28, and had Goldman surgical risk below Class II.
resultsA total of 45 women aged 19-41 years (mean: 29.2 years) and seven men aged 24-41 years (mean: 33 years) were included. A mean of 173.36 cm
conclusionsVolumizing and defining the vastus muscles by fat transfer is a safe and reproducible method for defining and volumizing muscles. However, further studies are necessary to determine the durability of fat grafts.
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