title: Complications of Fat Grafting: How They Occur and How to Find, Avoid, and Treat Them.
abstract: Recent technical and scientific advances in fat grafting procedures and concepts have improved predictability of fat grafting. Large-volume fat injection is gaining much attention as an attracting procedure for body contouring and reconstruction, but an increasing number of complications also has been recognized over the world. In this article, typical complications after fat grafting are described, as well as an explanation of how and why they occur, and how surgeons can avoid and treat complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan. Electronic address: kotaro-yoshimura@umin.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Kotaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshimura
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Sydney R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Coleman
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000637:transplantation*; D005145:Face / Q000098:blood supply / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007269:Injections, Intra-Arterial / Q000009:adverse effects*; D033581:Stem Cell Transplantation; D017154:Stromal Cells / Q000637:transplantation; D016378:Tissue Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*
keywords: Adipose-derived stem/stromal cell; Blindness; Calcification; Fat grafting; Infection; Oil cyst; Tissue necrosis