Adipose-derived stem cells for breast reconstruction after breast surgery - preliminary results

Anastasios Tsekouras; Dimitrios Mantas; Diamantis I Tsilimigras; Ioannis Ntanasis-Stathopoulos; Michael Kontos; George C Zografos

doi:10.1080/23320885.2017.1316201

Adipose-derived stem cells for breast reconstruction after breast surgery - preliminary results

Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg. 2017 Apr 19;4(1):35-41. doi: 10.1080/23320885.2017.1316201. eCollection 2017.

Authors

Anastasios Tsekouras¹, Dimitrios Mantas², Diamantis I Tsilimigras³, Ioannis Ntanasis-Stathopoulos³, Michael Kontos⁴, George C Zografos⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Plastic Surgery, 'Leto' Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Surgery Center, Athens, Greece.
² Second Propaedeutic Department of Surgery, 'Laikon' General Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
³ School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
⁴ First Department of Surgery, 'Laikon' General Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
⁵ First Propaedeutic Department of Surgery, 'Hippocration' Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.

Abstract

Enrichment of fat grafts with adipose-derived stem cells (ASCs) has gained popularity due to promising preliminary results. Herein, we present two patients who were treated with ASC-enriched fat grafts following mastectomy and breast reconstruction with implants. Both exhibited favorable outcomes achieving a significant improvement of breast defects and asymmetries.

Keywords: Adipose-derived stem cells; breast surgery; fat transfer.

Publication types

Case Reports