NCT05286424

Lipofilling: Optimal Harvesting Techniques for Breast Reconstruction After Mastectomy in Plastic Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery

Lipofilling: Optimal Harvesting Techniques for Breast Reconstruction After Mastectomy in Plastic Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery - a Pilot Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 10 (actual)
• Sponsor: Medical University of Graz · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The primary aim of this project is to standardize the method for lipofilling by identifying the best technique. In this context, the study will investigate the impact of adipose tissue composition and ideal quantity of the injected fat particularly in view of resorption rate. Correlations between adipose tissue composition, amount of transferred fat, already existing subcutaneous fat layer at the grafting site and resorption rate will be made. The punch biopsy and the non-invasive Lipometer measurements to determine the subcutaneous fat layer thickness in the harvesting and grafting region will be performed in 10 female subjects that undergo elective lipofilling. The study was registered on Clinicaltrials.gov after start of recruitment.

Conditions

• The Impact of Adipose Tissue Quality on Fat Graft Retention

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	fat grafting	Fat will be removed from abdomen or legs, processed and re-injected into grafting sites.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-02-15
• Primary completion: 2021-07-28
• Completion: 2022-07-10
• First posted: 2022-03-18
• Last updated: 2022-08-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Austria