Alessandro Casadei, Roberta Epis, Letizia Ferroni, Ilaria Tocco, Chiara Gardin, Eriberto Bressan, Stefano Sivolella, Vincenzo Vindigni, Paolo Pinton, Giuseppe Mucci, Barbara Zavan
Adipose tissue pathologies and defects have always represented a reconstructive challenge for plastic surgeons. In more recent years, several allogenic and alloplastic materials have been developed and used as fillers for soft tissue defects. However, their clinical use has been limited by further documented complications, such as foreign-body reactions potentially affecting function, degradation over time, and the risk for immunogenicity. Tissue-engineering strategies are thus being investigated to develop methods for generating adipose tissue...
2012: Journal of Biomedicine & Biotechnology