TY - JOUR
T1 - Staying Safe during Gluteal Fat Transplantation
AU - Villanueva, Nathaniel L.
AU - Del Vecchio, Daniel A.
AU - Afrooz, Paul N.
AU - Carboy, Jourdan A.
AU - Rohrich, Rod J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2017 by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.
PY - 2018/1/1
Y1 - 2018/1/1
N2 - Gluteal augmentation with fat transplantation is increasing in demand but has been associated with a concerning number of fatality reports. Despite these reports, various surgeons have safely performed gluteal fat transplantation on a large number of patients with no reported mortality. The important aspects of safely performing gluteal fat transplantation are reviewed. Proper patient selection, favorable instrumentation, patient positioning, proper technique, and knowledge of anatomy are critical to improving the safety of this procedure. Adherence to these key principles should allow a reduction in mortality from this procedure, which would safely allow its continued offering in the setting of increasingly high demand.
AB - Gluteal augmentation with fat transplantation is increasing in demand but has been associated with a concerning number of fatality reports. Despite these reports, various surgeons have safely performed gluteal fat transplantation on a large number of patients with no reported mortality. The important aspects of safely performing gluteal fat transplantation are reviewed. Proper patient selection, favorable instrumentation, patient positioning, proper technique, and knowledge of anatomy are critical to improving the safety of this procedure. Adherence to these key principles should allow a reduction in mortality from this procedure, which would safely allow its continued offering in the setting of increasingly high demand.
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U2 - 10.1097/PRS.0000000000003934
DO - 10.1097/PRS.0000000000003934
M3 - Article
C2 - 29280867
AN - SCOPUS:85039750823
SN - 0032-1052
VL - 141
SP - 79
EP - 86
JO - Plastic and reconstructive surgery
JF - Plastic and reconstructive surgery
IS - 1
ER -