The Learning Curve of Total Breast Reconstruction With Autologous Fat Transfer.
Maud E P RijkxAlexander SaelmansJuliette HommesLloyd BrandtsDaisy De BruijnAndrzej PiatkowskiEsther Heutsnull nullPublished in: Annals of plastic surgery (2024)
This is the first study that explores the learning curve involved in using AFT as a total breast reconstruction method. The feeling of when fat transfer is sufficient, and how to release scars for a good result without causing seromas, is best learned by scrubbing in with experienced colleagues during several procedures, interchanged with starting one's own practice.