Enhanced Fat Graft Viability and Remodeling Using a Helium-based Radiofrequency Device to Prepare the Recipient Site.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Improvements to autologous fat grafting for soft tissue augmentation are needed to overcome the unpredictable volume retention. Approaches such as fat harvesting and processing, injection technique, preparation of the recipient site, and supplemental biologics are topics of ongoing research. Here, an energy-based device was investigated as a stimulatory tool for recipient site preparation for improving fat graft retention.

Objective

The objective was to measure the stimulatory responses in fat grafts after 4 weeks when using a helium-based radiofrequency device to pretreat the recipient tissue.

Methods

Using an autologous fat grafting mouse model, the inguinal fat pad was grafted in a small cranial pocket after either a saline injection alone (control) or a

SUBMITTER: Ruff PG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10954941 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature