Autologous fat transfer - a review of the literature with a focus on breast cancer surgery

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1438-1448

  Chan, C W ^a   McCulley, S J ^a   Macmillan, R D ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast; Breast reconstruction; Fat transfer; Graft survival; Radiological changes

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST CANCER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER SURGERY; CANNULA; CENTRIFUGATION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LIPID STORAGE; LIPID TRANSPORT; LIPOSUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; REVIEW; STEM CELL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MAMMOGRAPHY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 55249120660     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2008.08.006     Document Type: Review

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