ArticlePlastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open2022
Fat Grafting following Internal Tissue Expansion: An Option for Breast Reconstruction after Total Mastectomy.
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- Reverse Expansion Technique for Total Autologous and Hybrid Breast Reconstruction: A Systematic Review and a Meta-analysis.Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2026Pooled it
- [Advances in application of tissue expansion technology in breast reconstruction].Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery · 2026Review
- Recent advances in volume retention and evaluation methods of fat grafting for breast reconstruction.Gland surgery · 2025Article
- Soft Tissue Reconstruction.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2024Article
- Successful fat-only whole breast reconstruction using cultured mature adipocytes and conditioned medium containing MCP-1.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Simultaneous Fat Grafting During Tissue Expander-to-Implant Exchange: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis.Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundBreast reconstruction is currently performed as standard practice.
methodsA prospective study was performed of patients after total mastectomy who underwent autologous breast reconstruction with fat grafting (FG) combined with internal tissue expansion between September 2015 and December 2020. The patients were classified into groups A to F depending on the steps of breast reconstruction. Groups A and B described patients with completed breast reconstruction with FG and expander removal, with or without nipple/areola complex reconstruction. C described patients during deflation of the expander combined with simultaneous FG. D described patients after expander implantation and refilling. E described patients after first FG, and F included patients who discontinued reconstruction with the described method and converted to reconstruction with a breast implant.
resultsAmong 22 treated patients' two were after first FG (9.09%' group E), two were after expander implantation and refilling (9.09%' group D), three were during deflation of the expander combined with simultaneous FG (13.63%' group C), and four (18.18%) had completed breast reconstruction-two (9.09%) without NAC reconstruction and symmetrization (group B) and two (9.09%) with completed breast reconstruction (group A). In 11 patients (50%), breast reconstruction was abandoned after expander implantation and one to three FG procedures (group F), converting to breast reconstruction with a breast implant.
conclusionsThis study demonstrated successful breast reconstruction using FG and expander implantation. Breast reconstruction using this method is safe and enables possible abandonment at any treatment stage, as well as conversion to breast reconstruction with implants.
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