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Klinger M, Lisa A, Caviggioli F, et al. Autologous Fat Grafting Improves Facial Nerve Function. Case Rep Surg. 2015;2015:520746doi: 10.1155/2015/520746.
Klinger, M., Lisa, A., Caviggioli, F., Maione, L., Murolo, M., Vinci, V., Klinger, F. M., & Moayyedi, P. (2015). Autologous Fat Grafting Improves Facial Nerve Function. Case reports in surgery, 2015520746. https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/520746
Klinger, Marco, et al. "Autologous Fat Grafting Improves Facial Nerve Function." Case reports in surgery vol. 2015 (2015): 520746. doi: https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/520746
Klinger M, Lisa A, Caviggioli F, Maione L, Murolo M, Vinci V, Klinger FM, Moayyedi P. Autologous Fat Grafting Improves Facial Nerve Function. Case Rep Surg. 2015;2015:520746. doi: 10.1155/2015/520746. Epub 2015 Jun 08. PMID: 26167327; PMCID: PMC4475707.
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Case Rep Surg. 2015;2015:520746. doi: 10.1155/2015/520746. Epub 2015 Jun 08.

Autologous Fat Grafting Improves Facial Nerve Function.

Case reports in surgery

Marco Klinger, Andrea Lisa, Fabio Caviggioli, Luca Maione, Matteo Murolo, Valeriano Vinci, Francesco Maria Klinger, Moayyedi

Affiliations

  1. Reconstructive and Aesthetic Plastic Surgery School, Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine (BIOMETRA), University of Milan, Plastic Surgery Unit, Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, 20089 Milan, Italy.
  2. Reconstructive and Aesthetic Plastic Surgery School, University of Milan, MultiMedica Holding S.p.A., Plastic Surgery Unit, Sesto San Giovanni, 20099 Milan, Italy.

PMID: 26167327 PMCID: PMC4475707 DOI: 10.1155/2015/520746

Abstract

We describe the case of a 45-year-old male patient who presented a retractile and painful scar in the nasolabial fold due to trauma which determined partial motor impairment of the mouth movements. We subsequently treated him with autologous fat grafting according to Coleman's technique. Clinical assessments were performed at 5 and 14 days and 1, 3, and 6 months after surgical procedure and we observed a progressive release of scar retraction together with an important improvement of pain symptoms. A second procedure was performed 6 months after the previous one. We observed total restoration of mimic movements within one-year follow-up. The case described confirms autologous fat grafting regenerative effect on scar tissue enlightening a possible therapeutic effect on peripheral nerve activity, hypothesizing that its entrapment into scar tissue can determine a partial loss of function.

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