A new cost-effective and fast method of autologous fat grafting

T Sorin; J Rausky; K Rem; C Ozil; V Nguyen Van Nuoi; M Revol; S Mazouz Dorval

doi:10.1016/j.anplas.2016.04.005

A new cost-effective and fast method of autologous fat grafting

Ann Chir Plast Esthet. 2016 Aug;61(4):237-40. doi: 10.1016/j.anplas.2016.04.005. Epub 2016 May 12.

Authors

T Sorin¹, J Rausky², K Rem², C Ozil², V Nguyen Van Nuoi², M Revol², S Mazouz Dorval²

Affiliations

¹ Paris-Diderot University, Sorbonne Paris cité, 5, rue Thomas-Mann, 75013 Paris, France; Plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery department, AP-HP, hôpital Saint-Louis, 1, avenue Claude-Vellefaux, 75010 Paris, France. Electronic address: sorinthomas5154@gmail.com.
² Paris-Diderot University, Sorbonne Paris cité, 5, rue Thomas-Mann, 75013 Paris, France; Plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery department, AP-HP, hôpital Saint-Louis, 1, avenue Claude-Vellefaux, 75010 Paris, France.

PMID: 27181064
DOI: 10.1016/j.anplas.2016.04.005

Abstract

Due to the increasing number of fat grafting procedures, several laboratories have developed their own fat processing system (Puregraft(®), LipiVage(®), Viafill(®), etc.), such as closed harvesting systems, centrifugation or washing and filtration devices, or even simple decantation techniques. However, all these tissue-engineering systems are expensive. Our team has developed a simple and fast autologous fat grafting system, useable even for a large volume of lipofilling, and based on low-pressure suction and a sterile closed-system for processing the harvested fat tissue. It is a cost-effective system, as it only costs 9.28Eur (10.52USD) for a 500milliliters autologous fat graft procedure.

Keywords: Fat grafting; Human engineering; Ingénierie humaine; Lipofilling; Procédure chirurgicale; Surgical procedures; Transfert graisseux.

MeSH terms

Adipose Tissue / transplantation*
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Humans
Tissue and Organ Harvesting / instrumentation
Tissue and Organ Harvesting / methods*
Transplantation, Autologous