Arterial Embolism After Facial Fat Grafting: A Systematic Literature Review

CONCLUSIONS: AE causes severe complications such as blindness, stroke, and death. Due to a lack of high-quality data, no evidence-based treatment algorithms exist. To increase patient safety, a database collecting cases and complications should be established.LEVEL OF EVIDENCE III: 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 www.springer.com/00266 .PMID:37563433 | DOI:10.1007/s00266-023-03511-y

Source: Hand Surgery - August 10, 2023 Category: Surgery Authors: Nicholas Moellhoff Constanze Kuhlmann Konstantin Frank Bong-Sung Kim Francesco Conte Sebastian Cotofana Nelson S Piccolo Norbert Pallua Source Type: research