Ahmed M. Almahrouky , Mohamed Rafik
Ahmed Faraghaly¹, Ahmed Elmarakby¹, Ahmed Gamal Eldin Fouad¹, Fatma Zeinhom² & Wesam El-Din Sultan³
Ahmad Gamal1, Haitham A. Eldmarany1, Ahmed Farghaly1, Ahmed Elmarakby1, Ayman Refaat2.
Ahmed Nawar1, Waleed Reda1, Ahmed Safwat1, Sahar Mansour2
Mohamed Saber MSc, Tarek Hegazy MD,MRCS
Hossam Elmahdy; Waleed Eldaly; Hussein Elwan; Baker Ghoneim
Ahmed H. Ali FRCS and Hany Rafik MD
Hany M S Mikhail MD, FRCS, Hany A. Balamoun MD, FRCS
Abd Elrahman Elmaraghy, Mahmoud Saad Farahat and Mohammed abdo MD
Mahmoud Saad1, Haitham Mostafa Elmaleh1and Safaa Refaat El-Sady2
Ahmed H. Ali,FRCS
1Amr Mohamed Salem, 2Mohamed Mohamed Mokhtar, 2Sahar Ahmed El Shafei, 3Omaima Gaber Yassine, 2Eman Farouk Safwat
Shehab Soliman , Ahmed F. Aborady
Mr. Ayman M. A. Osman1 MD, MRCS (Eng); Mr. Sameh A. Mikhail1 MD, FRCS (Eng), MRCS (Eng); Mr. Mohamed E. Alkashty1 M.Sc.; Prof. Mohamed H.A. Fahmy1 MD.
Sherif Essam Eldin Tawfik; Ahmed Farouk Abdelmohsen; Mohamed Abd El-Monem Abd El-salam Rizk
Marwan Yousry, Hossam El Mahdy, Walied Eldaly, Hussein Elwan
Wael Ghanem MD*, and Mohamed Eldebeiky MD, FRCS*, Ayman Albaghdady MD*
Wael Ghanem MD
Sameh Mikhail1, Shady Elghazaly Harb 1, Sherif M. Mokhtar 1, Mohamed ElNady 2
Amr Saleh El Bahaey and Haitham A.Eldmarany
Haitham A. Eldmarany1, Amr Saleh El Bahaey2
Mammographic Assessment of Fat Graft Retention Volume in Aesthetic Breast Cases: A Quantitative and Qualitative Tool
Introduction: Fat grafting to the breasts has gained popularity for both aesthetic and reconstructive
indications. Various refinements in the techniques of autologous fat grafting have been proposed, aimed to
increase fat retention volume. However, assessment of fat graft survival has been mostly subjective,
expensive or unavailable. This study aims to investigate the role of mammography as an objective tool for
assessment of the fat retention volume in aesthetic cases. Patients and Methods: Patients who were
indicated for aesthetic fat grafting to the breasts between December 2014 and July 2016 were included in
this prospective study. Mammography was used to calculate the retention volume 3 months after fat
grafting by subtracting the preoperative from the postoperative volumes. Areas of fat necrosis or oil cyst
formation were also identified. Results: Fat grafting was performed to 49 breasts in 26 patients. The mean
fat graft volume was 322cc, while the mean fat graft survival rate was 54% (range 37-67%) as assessed by
mammography after 3 months. Six percent of breasts developed complications in terms of fat necrosis/oil
cysts. There was also a positive correlation between the volume of fat graft injected and the fat graft
survival rate. Conclusion: Mammography can be used as an objective tool for assessment of the quantity
and quality of fat graft retention volume in aesthetic cases. Large volume fat grafting to the breasts may
have high graft survival rates with few complications.
Keywords: Fat graft survival – mammography – autologous fat transfer – breast augmentation.