Experience with dermis-fat grafting: an analysis of early postoperative complications and methods of prevention.
During the past 18 months at Wills Eye Hospital we have performed autogenous dermis-fat grafts to anophthalmic orbits in 16 patients. Six early postoperative complications of dermis-fat grafting are presented and discussed, as are the modifications of surgical technique that we feel may minimize early postoperative complications.
D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000637:transplantation*; D003869:Dermabrasion; D005137:Eye, Artificial; D006084:Graft Rejection; D006197:Hair; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009915:Orbit / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control