title: The use of autogenous fat grafts in the correction of facial asymmetries.
abstract: Successful long-term augmentation of facial contour defects can be anticipated provided the appropriate technique is used, careful patient selection is carried out, and meticulous atraumatic techniques are used both to harvest and to augment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lew
mesh_terms: D017667:Adipocytes / Q000637:transplantation; D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000637:transplantation*; D002610:Cheek / Q000601:surgery; D005146:Facial Asymmetry / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015187:Lipectomy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000098:blood supply; D015626:Tissue Expansion; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting