Diffusion and Perfusion: The Keys to Fat Grafting

Diffusion and Perfusion: The Keys to Fat Grafting

Background: Fat grafting is now widely used in plastic surgery. Long-term graft retention can be unpredictable. Fat grafts must obtain oxygen via diffusion until neovascularization occurs, so oxygen delivery may be the overarching variable in graft retention. Methods: We studied the peer-reviewed li...

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Main Authors: Roger K. Khouri, Jr, BS, Raoul-Emil R. Khouri, Jorge R. Lujan-Hernandez, MD, Khalil R. Khouri, BS, Luca Lancerotto, MD, Dennis P. Orgill, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2014-09-01
Series:Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/prsgo/Fulltext/2014/09000/Article.2.aspx

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