Liposuction fat-fillant implant for breast augmentation and reconstruction

The perfect breast implant fillant material would have higher viscosity than water and would be autologous and harmless. We describe the confinement of liposuction fat in implants using the Lipovacutainer during a routine liposuction procedure. This collected fat is prepared inside the Lipovacutaine...

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Published inAesthetic plastic surgery Vol. 19; no. 5; p. 427
Main Authors Hang-Fu, L, Marmolya, G, Feiglin, D H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.09.1995
Subjects
Adipose Tissue - transplantation
Adult
Breast - pathology
Female
Humans
Lipectomy - instrumentation
Lipectomy - methods
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Mammaplasty - methods
Mammography
Transplantation, Autologous
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Summary:The perfect breast implant fillant material would have higher viscosity than water and would be autologous and harmless. We describe the confinement of liposuction fat in implants using the Lipovacutainer during a routine liposuction procedure. This collected fat is prepared inside the Lipovacutainer and is reinjected through a Lipomedia filling cannula into a leaf valve implant as the fillant in place of saline. The implants are used for bilateral augmentation mammoplasty and breast reconstruction procedures. Our six clinical cases have been monitored closely using mammography and MRI. These cases showed slow liquefaction without interference with mammography studies. We obtained excellent overall body contours. All complications were correctable and non-life-threatening and there was no capsule formation.
ISSN:0364-216X
1432-5241
DOI:10.1007/BF00453876