Autologous fat transfer for facial recontouring: Is there science behind the art?

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2287-2296

  Kaufman, Matthew R ^a   Miller, Timothy A ^a   Huang, Catherine ^a   Roostaien, Jason ^a   Wasson, Kristy L ^a   Ashley, Rebekah K ^a   Bradley, James P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BICARBONATE; GROWTH FACTOR; LIDOCAINE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ASPIRATION; AUTOGRAFT; BODY FAT; CANNULATION; CENTRIFUGATION; COLD EXPOSURE; DONOR SITE; FACE SURGERY; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FACE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIPECTOMY; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; FACE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LIPECTOMY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 34249806728     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000260712.44089.e7     Document Type: Review

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