Ultra-condensed Fat: A Novel Fat Product for Volume Augmentation. 2023

Weizi Wu, and Xin Bi, and Jing Zhao, and Zhousheng Lin, and Feng Lu, and Ziqing Dong, and Ye Li
Department of Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, 1838 Guangzhou North Road, Guangzhou, 510515, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.

Fat transplantation retention rate is individualized and unpredictable. The presence of blood components and oil droplets in the injected lipoaspirate increases inflammation and fibrosis in a dose-dependent manner, and is probably the key factor associated with poor retention. This study describes a volumetric fat grafting strategy based on optimization of grafts via screening intact fat particles and absorbing free oil droplets and impurities. Centrifuged fat components were analyzed by n-hexane leaching. A special device was applied to de-oil intact fat components and obtain ultra-condensed fat (UCF). UCF was evaluated by scanning electron microscopy, particle size analysis, and flow cytometric analysis. Histological and immunohistochemical changes were investigated in a nude mouse fat graft model over 90 days. The lower 50% of centrifuged fat was concentrated to 40% of the original volume to obtain UCF. In UCF, the free oil droplet content was less than 10%, more than 80% of particles were larger than 1000 µm, and architecturally important fat components were present. The retention rate of UCF was significantly higher than that of Coleman fat on day 90 (57.5 ± 2.7% vs. 32.8 ± 2.5%, p < 0.001). Histological analysis detected small preadipocytes with multiple intracellular lipid droplets on day 3 in UCF grafts, indicative of early adipogenesis. Angiogenesis and macrophage infiltration were observed in UCF grafts soon after transplantation. Adipose regeneration with UCF involves rapid macrophage infiltration and exit, resulting in angiogenesis and adipogenesis. UCF may serve as a lipofiller which is beneficial for fat regeneration. This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the online Instructions to Authors http://www.springer.com/00266 .

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008855 Microscopy, Electron, Scanning Microscopy in which the object is examined directly by an electron beam scanning the specimen point-by-point. The image is constructed by detecting the products of specimen interactions that are projected above the plane of the sample, such as backscattered electrons. Although SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY also scans the specimen point by point with the electron beam, the image is constructed by detecting the electrons, or their interaction products that are transmitted through the sample plane, so that is a form of TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY. Scanning Electron Microscopy,Electron Scanning Microscopy,Electron Microscopies, Scanning,Electron Microscopy, Scanning,Electron Scanning Microscopies,Microscopies, Electron Scanning,Microscopies, Scanning Electron,Microscopy, Electron Scanning,Microscopy, Scanning Electron,Scanning Electron Microscopies,Scanning Microscopies, Electron,Scanning Microscopy, Electron
D006085 Graft Survival The survival of a graft in a host, the factors responsible for the survival and the changes occurring within the graft during growth in the host. Graft Survivals,Survival, Graft,Survivals, Graft
D000273 Adipose Tissue Specialized connective tissue composed of fat cells (ADIPOCYTES). It is the site of stored FATS, usually in the form of TRIGLYCERIDES. In mammals, there are two types of adipose tissue, the WHITE FAT and the BROWN FAT. Their relative distributions vary in different species with most adipose tissue being white. Fatty Tissue,Body Fat,Fat Pad,Fat Pads,Pad, Fat,Pads, Fat,Tissue, Adipose,Tissue, Fatty
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D051379 Mice The common name for the genus Mus. Mice, House,Mus,Mus musculus,Mice, Laboratory,Mouse,Mouse, House,Mouse, Laboratory,Mouse, Swiss,Mus domesticus,Mus musculus domesticus,Swiss Mice,House Mice,House Mouse,Laboratory Mice,Laboratory Mouse,Mice, Swiss,Swiss Mouse,domesticus, Mus musculus

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