A Clinical Trial in Facial Fat Grafting: Filtered and Washed versus Centrifuged Fat

Abstract

The authors, following their personal experience based on the reported data, went back to using the simple filtered fat after some years of use of centrifuged fat.

Comparison of 3 Techniques of Fat Grafting and Cell-Supplemented Lipotransfer in Athymic Rats

“…Although technical approaches of harvesting and grafting have been investigated to optimize the surgical protocol, methods to prepare fat prior to grafting remain controversial. Positive results have been reported with the use of fat processed by decantation, 13,14 washing with normal saline in a syringe or open air through a strainer, 15,16 centrifugation at low or high g-force, 17,18 and towel drying, in which fat is placed on a cotton towel, gauze, or Telfa to drain. 19 Supplementation with insulin, growth factors, human albumin, or plasmarich protein has also been used to improve graft retention.…”

Fat, Stem Cells, and Platelet-Rich Plasma

“…82,84,[92][93][94][95][96] Of these techniques, only Telfa rolling has any evidence of improved retention over centrifugation, based on studies conducted in the nude mouse xenograft model. 84,97,98 However, the lack of human clinical trials also limits the generalizability of these findings.…”

Traditional Chinese Medicine: Salvia miltiorrhiza Enhances Survival Rate of Autologous Adipose Tissue Transplantation in Rabbit Model

“…Absorption of up to 80 % [3][4][5][6][7][8] of the transplanted volume makes the desire of achieving an ideal surgical outcome in a single operative procedure impossible. Lots of efforts have been made to improve this situation including harvest techniques, adipose tissue manipulations, injection skills, and other surgical approaches [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]. For the past decades, the perspective that neovascularization in the early phase is pivotal in improving adipocyte survival rate has been widely accepted [16][17][18].…”