Shohreh Ahmadi, Abdul Malik Mujahid, Husnain Khan, Farrukh Aslam Khalid, Muhammad Saleem, Muhammad Younas Mehrose.
Comparison of Graft Survival between Fat Harvested from Abdomen and Medial Thigh for Facial Contour Deformity: a Randomised Control Trial..
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak Jan ;29(5):440-3.

To compare the graft survival between fat harvested from abdomen and medial thigh for facial contour deformity. Randomised control trial (RCT) . Jinnah Burn and Reconstructive Surgery Center, Lahore, from October 2015 to April 2017. Patients fulfilling the inclusion criteria were randomly divided into two groups. Fat was harvested from medial thigh in Group A and from abdomen in Group B. Outcome was measured in terms of fat survival by comparing mean fat at baseline, first and 12ᵗʰ week. Final fat survival thickness >6.00 mm at 12ᵗʰ week was considered as excellent. ANOVA was used for comparison of mean fat thickness (mm) between the groups, and Chi-square test for outcome and complications among groups with p-value <0.05 as statistical significance. Mean age of subjects was 27 +7.44 (range 12 to 60) years. Mean final fat thickness in Group A was 6.030 +0.095 mm and in Group B was 4.989 +0.094 mm (p=0.001). Thirty patients (76.9%) in Group A and none in Group B showed excellent response (p=0.001). Outcome of graft survival with fat harvested from medial thigh was better as compared to that from abdominal fat.

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