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Aesthetic Plast Surg 2022 Jun 21. Epub 2022 Jun 21.

Athens Beverly Hills Medical Group, 96 Vouliagmenis Ave, 16675, Athens, Glyfada, Greece.

Background: High-Definition (HD) Liposuction refers to the most advanced body contouring technique, offering an athletic and healthy body appearance. The latest available devices, the criteria of proper selection, and an expert surgeon's tips are highlighted in a 7-step guide approach.

Methods: A retrospective study of prospectively maintained database was conducted from 2015 to 2020. Read More

Aesthet Surg J 2022 Jun 15. Epub 2022 Jun 15.

Department of Plastic Surgery and Burns, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Background: The main challenge with fat grafting is that a varying part of the graft is lost to post-surgery resorption. Previous studies suggest that adipose-derived stromal cells (ASCs) can improve the volume retention of fat grafts but there is a lack of randomized trials to support its use in clinical practice.

Objectives: This trial aimed to investigate whether ASCs improve fat graft volume retention in patients undergoing breast augmentation with lipofilling. Read More

Aesthet Surg J 2022 Jun 15. Epub 2022 Jun 15.

Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC.

Background: The chin plays a critical role in the shape, projection, and soft tissue support of the lower face. Osseous genioplasty is a powerful tool in facial rejuvenation as it allows for optimal control of the resulting chin dimensions and improvement in submental and submandibular laxity. Osseous genioplasty can be used alone or in combination with other facial rejuvenation procedures to achieve an optimal result. Read More

Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open 2022 May 16;10(5):e4053. Epub 2022 May 16.

Escola Paulista de Medicina EPM, São Paulo Federal University, SP, Brazil.

Not all patients who exercise regularly and follow a balanced diet will obtain a well-defined abdomen. Medium definition liposuction, together with the removal of abdominal skin, can recreate an adequate connection between the skin/subcutaneous components and the myo-aponeurotic layer, resulting in the perception of muscle definition.

Methods: Over a period of 36 months, 351 patients underwent medium definition liposuction associated with abdominoplasty performed by a single surgeon (G. Read More

Aesthetic Plast Surg 2022 Jun 13. Epub 2022 Jun 13.

Department of Plastic Surgery, Hospital Angeles Pedregal, Mexico City, Mexico.

Background: Postgraduate training in plastic surgery is heterogeneous between countries, with exposure to aesthetic surgery being a reflection of this. Fellowships in Mexico have usually consisted of tutorial teaching, providing graduates with experience but a lack of formal structure. The aim of his work is to present a University-backed program focused on aesthetic surgery and propose the expansion of this kind of program. Read More

Ann Plast Surg 2022 06;88(5 Suppl 5):S490-S494

Division of Plastic Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.

Purpose: Although growth in cosmetic surgery remains constant in the private setting, academic cosmetic surgery practices are often underdeveloped. Our study aims to determine which patient populations access academic cosmetic surgery services.

Methods: The 2018 Health Care Utilization Project Nationwide Ambulatory Surgery Sample database was used for data analysis. Read More

Aesthet Surg J 2022 Jun 11. Epub 2022 Jun 11.

Department of Plastic Surgery, Swansea University, Swansea, UK.

Background: An ever-increasing demand for liposuction and fat transplantation procedures in the United States reflects their continued safety and clinical effectiveness. Technical breakthroughs, such as the use of tumescent infiltration and fat separation techniques, have been instrumental in optimizing outcomes but add time to the surgical procedure. Simultaneous separation and tumescence (SST) is a new technique combining these innovations to further improve safety and efficiency in liposuction. Read More

Aesthetic Plast Surg 2022 Jun 1. Epub 2022 Jun 1.

Department of Plastic Surgery, Reconstructive Surgery, and Burn Management, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Champollion Street, El-Khartoum Square, Azarita Medical Campus, Alexandria, 21111, Egypt.

Introduction: Deformities after massive weight loss are usually severe and affect many parts of the body, negatively impacting patients' social and intimate lives. A common request of patients after massive weight loss is to treat more than one anatomical area in one surgical procedure. Advantages include a single recovery period, lower surgical costs, and faster patient satisfaction. Read More

Postepy Dermatol Alergol 2022 Apr 23;39(2):362-367. Epub 2021 May 23.

Department of Physical Therapy for Surgery, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.

Introduction: Cellulite is one of the complications post liposuction. Cellulite causes changes in the lymphatic system. Manual lymphatic drainage is utilized as an effective treatment for enhancing cellulite. Read More

J Clin Med 2022 May 17;11(10). Epub 2022 May 17.

Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Hand Surgery, Fachklinik Hornheide, 48157 Muenster, Germany.

Lipedema patients suffer not only from visual stigma but also reduction in their quality of life through pain and performance loss in daily life. In clinical practice, it is still difficult to reliably diagnose the disease. This study aims to provide further insights into the characteristics of lipedema patients of all stages and provide a baseline prior to surgery for a surgical treatment evaluation by means of patient-reported outcome measures. Read More

World J Plast Surg 2022 Mar;11(1):111-116

Department of Anaesthesiology, Unive-rsity Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany.

Background: Tumescent local anaesthesia with prilocain can lead to clinically significant methemoglobin levels. New generation multiple wavelength pulse oximeters (e. g. Read More

Plast Reconstr Surg 2022 May 19. Epub 2022 May 19.

From the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, and the Department of Surgery, University of New Mexico.

Background: Readmission is an important metric for surgical quality of care. This study aimed to develop a validated risk model that reliably predicts readmission after panniculectomy using the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database.

Methods: The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database was queried to identify all patients who had undergone panniculectomy from 2005 to 2018. Read More

Aesthet Surg J 2022 May 17. Epub 2022 May 17.

Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Hand Surgery, VieCuri Medical Center, Venlo, the Netherlands.

Background: With evolving breast cancer survival and patient preferences, it is essential that reconstructive surgeons worldwide keep searching for the best reconstruction technique for patients. Autologous fat transfer (AFT) is a relatively new technique for total breast reconstruction that has already proven to be effective and safe with all advantages of autologous tissue. However, little is known about aesthetic results and satisfaction concerning donor sites. Read More

Aesthetic Plast Surg 2022 May 12. Epub 2022 May 12.

Plastic Surgery Department, Plastic Surgery Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, No.33 Badachu Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing, 100144, China.

Objective: In this study, we investigate the biological characteristics of ADSCs from the liposuction area in patients with hemifacial atrophy in vitro.

Methods: ADSCs were respectively extracted from the donor site of patients with hemifacial atrophy and healthy ones. ADSCs of two groups were respectively tested for proliferation ability, phenotype, multipotency, migration ability, self-repair ability, apoptosis, and autophagy. Read More

Tissue Eng Regen Med 2022 May 12. Epub 2022 May 12.

Research Group for Biomimetic Advanced Technology, Korea Institute of Toxicology, Daejoen, 34114, Republic of Korea.

Background: Tissue engineering approaches to treat damaged bone include various tissue transplants such as autologous, allogeneic, and xenografts. Artificial materials have been widely introduced to meet the demand for graft materials, but insufficiency in supply is still not resolved. In this study, human adipose tissue, easily obtained from the human body, was harvested, and the tissue was decellularized to fabricate a decellularized human adipose tissue matrix (DM) as an alternative graft material. Read More

Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open 2022 May 6;10(5):e4314. Epub 2022 May 6.

Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö, Lund University, Sweden.

Background: Skin infections are a recurring problem for people with lymphedema, and lymphedema has been proven to be the single most important risk factor for developing erysipelas in the leg. This study aimed to determine whether liposuction for late-stage lymphedema reduces the rate of erysipelas in lower extremity lymphedema.

Methods: One-hundred twenty-four patients with a median age of 49 years who had liposuction and controlled compression therapy for lower extremity lymphedema were included. Read More

Int J Impot Res 2022 May 10;34(4):327-331. Epub 2022 May 10.

Department of Urology, Hospital La Zarzuela, Madrid, Spain.

Since ancient times, men have tried to change the size and shape of their genitals. Bites from insects or poisonous snakes and weights were among the first methods used for this purpose. In the first half of the 1900s, the scientific push regarding male genital aesthetic surgery began. Read More

Plast Reconstr Surg 2022 May 6. Epub 2022 May 6.

From the 15th and 16th Departments, Plastic Surgery Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College.

Background: Gluteal ptosis is a common complication of circumferential liposuction of the thigh. The authors propose a novel concept of combining circumferential liposuction of the thigh with concomitant fat transplantation to the infragluteal/posterior thigh junction region to prevent postliposuction gluteal ptosis.

Methods: Patients underwent circumferential liposuction of the thigh with or without concomitant fat transplantation from 2015 to 2020 and were retrospectively reviewed. Read More

Hormones (Athens) 2022 Apr 29. Epub 2022 Apr 29.

Physiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.

Purpose: The deleterious effect of visceral adipose tissue accumulation is well known. However, the recent trend in liposuction is mal-directed toward easily accessible subcutaneous fat for the purpose of body shaping. The aim of the present study is to probe the metabolic effects of subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue lipectomy in ovariectomized obese rats as well as the role of adipokines in these changes. Read More

Front Med (Lausanne) 2022 5;9:778230. Epub 2022 Apr 5.

Department of Lymph Surgery, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.

Background And Objective: Liposuction is an effective treatment for fat disposition in lymphedema. Blood transfusion has been seldom investigated in lymphedema liposuction surgery. The purpose of the study was to analyze clinical factors associated with blood transfusion in liposuction surgery of lymphedema patients and compare the autologous and allogeneic transfusion patterns. Read More

Aesthet Surg J 2022 Apr 19. Epub 2022 Apr 19.

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.

Background: Aggregated data shows that Black patients receive disproportionately lower rates of cosmetic surgery than their Caucasian counterparts. Similarly, our lab has shown that social media representation is lower among Black patients for breast reconstruction surgery, and we expect that this could be the case in cosmetic surgery as well.

Objectives: In this study, we explore the social media representation of Black patients and physicians in the five most common cosmetic surgery procedures: rhinoplasty, blepharoplasty, abdominoplasty, breast augmentation, and liposuction. Read More

Aesthet Surg J 2022 Apr 16. Epub 2022 Apr 16.

Department of Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Background: The public interest and demand for cosmetic surgery is growing in North America. As practices continue to advertise cosmetic procedures, male consumers must also be given fair consideration in a market targeted mostly towards women.

Objectives: This study investigates the advertising trends of plastic surgery clinics to assess for prevailing gender differences among online Canadian plastic surgery practice advertising. Read More

Med Oral Patol Oral Cir Bucal 2022 May 1;27(3):e257-e264. Epub 2022 May 1.

University of Pernambuco, School of Dentistry Oswaldo Cruz University Hospital, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Rua Arnóbio Marquês, 310, 50100-130, Santo Amaro, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Background: Liposuction is one of the most commonly performed cosmetic procedures worldwide. Complications associated with submental liposuction are rare. However, when they occur they are significant and can cause disfiguring consequences. Read More

Handchir Mikrochir Plast Chir 2022 Apr 13;54(2):98-105. Epub 2022 Apr 13.

Sana Klinikum Hameln-Pyrmont, Plastische und Ästhetische Chirurgie, Handchirurgie.

Background: The number of bariatric procedures, and thus also the number of post-bariatric operations, has increased dramatically in recent years. Although long scars are common in post-bariatric surgery and accepted in favour of body shape reconstruction, we increasingly notice the wish for aesthetically pleasing results in addition to the desire for body contouring. In particular, Fleur-de-Lis abdominoplasty (FdL) is viewed critically by younger patients after massive weight loss due to the visible vertical scar. Read More

Aesthetic Plast Surg 2022 Apr 11. Epub 2022 Apr 11.

College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

Background And Aim: Autologous fat transfer (AFT) has been introduced as a potential treatment option for scar-tissue and its related symptoms. However, the scientific evidence for its effectiveness remains unclear. This meta-analysis aims to evaluate the available evidence regarding the effectiveness of autologous fat transfer for the treatment of scar-tissue and its related conditions. Read More

Plast Reconstr Surg 2022 06 11;149(6):1357-1368. Epub 2022 Apr 11.

From the Plastic Surgery Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College.

Background: Fat grafting is widely used for soft-tissue augmentation; however, the related clinical outcome remains variable and technique-dependent. The mechanisms underlying fat graft survival are not fully understood, particularly regarding the contributions of different cell types, such as functional adipocytes. This study evaluated the importance of adipose tissue structure and viability in fat grafting and, to some extent, revealed the effect of adipocytes in fat grafting. Read More

Acta Chir Plast 2022 ;64(1):31-38

Background: Over recent years, liposuction has become the most commonly used surgical procedure used to refine male and female body contours. In the last four decades, the incidence of breast cancer has increased. Of these patients, there are more women requiring breast reconstruction who have undergone liposuction in the past. Read More

Stem Cell Res Ther 2022 04 8;13(1):152. Epub 2022 Apr 8.

Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 639 Zhizaoju Road, Shanghai, 200011, People's Republic of China.

Background: Long-term preservation of adipose tissue is crucial for clinical applications. Researchers should consider both efficiency and biosafety when choosing a cryoprotective agent (CPA) for adipose tissue preservation. Glycerol has been applied as a nontoxic CPA for multiple tissues but not adipose tissue. Read More

J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 2022 Mar 9. Epub 2022 Mar 9.

Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain.

Introduction: Lymphovenous anastomoses (LVA) techniques for the treatment of lymphedema are well defined, and results restoring lymph function are reported in the literature. However, unsatisfactory results (poor-responders) are common, leading to persistent nonpitting edema. Blind liposuction eliminates fat and fibrous tissue but may result in inadvertent damage to the lymph vessel system. Read More

J Sex Med 2022 05 1;19(5):852-863. Epub 2022 Apr 1.

Urology Department, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. Electronic address:

Background: The utility of penile suspensory ligament release (SLR) in the setting of penile prosthesis implantation (PPI) has received limited attention in the literature.

Aim: To assess the efficacy and safety of penile SLR release, pubic lipectomy (PL), and the utility of penopubic Z-plasty (ZP) during malleable PPI in improving sexual satisfaction compared to that achieved with the conventional method.

Methods: Between August 2018 and April 2020, 61 patients with refractory erectile dysfunction were prospectively randomized into 2 groups; group A included 31 patients who underwent PPI with SLR and PL via ZP, and group B included 30 patients who underwent conventional PPI via a penoscrotal incision. Read More