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Autologous Fat Grafting in Breast Reconstruction

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Breast Reconstruction

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There has been some controversy about the use of autologous fat transfer to the breast. The Fat Graft Task Force of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons in their recent consensus statement, found no evidence in the literature that autologous fat grafting into the breast interferes with breast cancer detection. Currently, autologous fat grafting is being used widely in patients undergoing breast reconstruction. The authors discuss indications, donor site selection, infiltration solution, harvesting technique, isolating adipocyte fraction, injection technique, and complications.

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  1. Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein School of Medicine, 1625 Poplar Street, Suite 200, New York, NY, 10461, USA

    Katie E. Weichman M.D.

  2. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10065, USA

    Katie E. Weichman M.D.

  3. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, New York University, 305 E. 33rd Street, New York, NY, USA

    Vishal Thanik M.D.

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Weichman, K.E., Thanik, V. (2016). Autologous Fat Grafting in Breast Reconstruction. In: Shiffman, M. (eds) Breast Reconstruction. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18726-6_29

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