title: An Overview of Fat Grafting.
abstract: The use of autologous fat grafting for a wide variety of clinical applications has increased dramatically over the past few decades. The article provides an overview of the technique, a historic background, and briefly explores some of the current ways in which fat grafting is being used in plastic surgery.
authors.affiliation: David Cabiling, MD, is Assistant Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery, The Ohio State University, Columbus.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cabiling
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000601:surgery / Q000637:transplantation*; D006801:Humans; D012196:Review Literature as Topic; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods; D016378:Tissue Transplantation / Q000379:methods*