The Fate of Intramuscularly Injected Fat Autografts: An Experimental Study

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I was pleased to read the interesting article by Dr. Cemal Aygit and colleagues of the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Trakya University, Medical Faculty of the Edirne, Turkey, entitled The Fate of Intramuscularly Injected Fat Autografts: An Experimental Study in Rabbits. This study confirms that good results are achieved when fat autografts are placed inside muscular tissue. The authors used either scintigraphic imaging or histologic examination of the limbs of 12 rabbbits 15, 30, 45, 60, 90, and 120 days after lipoinfiltration. The authors note that fat autografts can survive in muscle tissue with less than 50% fibrotic change. Anatomists and researchers have long known that muscular tissue is very well vascularized, and that tissue without sufficient blood nutrition will suffer damage within seconds. …