UNLABELLED Lipoaspirated fat grafts are used to reconstruct volume defects in breast surgery. Although intraoperative treatment decisions are influenced by volume changes observed immediately after grafting, clinical effect and patient satisfaction are dependent on volume retention over time. The study objectives were to determine how immediate breast volume changes correlate to implanted graft...

Hundred people were examined for piezogenic papules (cutaneous hernia). Of these 80 had pedal papules, 86 wrist papules and 74 both pedal and wrist papules. Most of these papules were bilateral and multiple. All cases examined were painless. Biopsy showed fragmentation of dermal elastic tissue and herniation of subcutaneous fat into the dermis. Histology was similar for both pedal and wrist pap...

Autologous fat graft to the breast is a useful tool to correct defects after breast conservative treatment (BCT). Although this procedure gains popularity, little is known about the interaction between the fat graft and the prior oncological environment. Evidences of safety of this procedure in healthy breast and after post-mastectomy reconstruction exist. However, there is paucity of data amon...

OBJECTIVES To compare hyaluronic acid fat graft myringoplasty (HAFGM) with fat graft myringoplasty (FGM) on grade I tympanic membrane perforations (TMPs) (<25% of the tympanic membrane surface) and to assess 12-month postoperative hearing outcomes in a pediatric population. DESIGN Prospective study. SETTING Tertiary care pediatric center. PATIENTS Ninety-two children with a TMP were include...

Previous investigators have grown or maintained adult or embryonic skin in tissue culture and on the chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) of chickens. These studies have revealed two important factors involved in culturing skin: ( 1) the presence of an inducer which originates in the dermis and affects the phenotype of epithelial cells; and (2} the influence of ·~he physical surface of the substrate ...

Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) is an uncommon soft tissue tumour that involves the dermis, subcutaneous fat and in rare cases, muscle fascia.The typically presents as a slowly growing, firm plaque on trunk of young adults. It has intermediate malignant potential with tendency for local recurrence. The treatment generally wide excision negative margins. rarely vulva not many such cases h...

A large body of experimental evidence supports the positive effect that supplementing standard breast augmentation techniques with adipose-derived stem cells (ASCs) has on fat graft survival; however, several clinical studies, including the study by Jung et al. have found that employing ASCs during breast augmentations has limited therapeutic benefit. How can we explain this discrepancy in the ...

INTRODUCTION External volume expansion (EVE) is one method, which has been utilised for increasing the survival of adipose tissue grafts. EVE releases positive pressure from the graft and also induces intense levels of edema that decreases diffusion of metabolites essential for graft survival initially. The ideal timing of external volume expansion in relation to the injection of the fat to fac...