Authors: Ahmet Karacalar Î Orak S Kaplan Ş Yıldırım
Publish Date: 2004/07/30
Volume: 28, Issue: 3, Pages: 158-164
Abstract
A new technique for autologous fat harvesting is presented It is termed the “notouch” technique because the concentrated fat graft is obtained with no handling of fatty tissue With the notouch technique fat aspiration is performed under tourniquet There is no need for any mechanical manipulations such as centrifugation washing whisking filtering or straining The medial aspect of the knee is used as the donor area Fat is aspirated through a disposable 10ml syringe and a 14gauge microcannula which consists of a curved semiblunted tip such as that of the Tuohy needle What remains in the syringe is the concentrated fat without blood serum or lidocaine The authors report their experience with 30 patients
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