Aesthetic surgery journal
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Aesthetic surgery journal · Mar 2015
Improved fat graft survival by different volume fractions of platelet-rich plasma and adipose-derived stem cells.
The success of soft-tissue augmentation is offset by the low survival rates of grafted fat tissue. Research shows that adipose-derived stem cells (ASCs) and platelet-rich plasma (PRP) are beneficial to tissue healing. ⋯ Fat grafting with 20% (v/v) PRP and ASCs constitutes an appropriate transplantation strategy for improving graft survival and provides a potential approach for soft-tissue restoration in plastic and reconstructive surgery.