Infranatant Portion of Microfragmented Adipose Tissue: A Promising Source of SVF for the Management of Androgenetic Alopecia

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Alessandro Gennai Piero Tesauro Mattia Colli Silvia Zia Barbara Roda Andrea Zattoni

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Alessandro Gennai
Plastic Surgeon, Private Practice, Bologna, Italy

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Aim: The purpose of this article is to prove the possibility to transfer a good amount of cells of the SVF (and ADSCs) in the infranatant portion of microfragmented adipose tissue. Method: The adipose tissue harvesting procedure is performed under local anaesthesia. The adipose tissue was harvested with a 2 mm diameter microperforated cannula with 1 mm side port holes, mounted inside the special patented guide. Both cannula and guide are included in the SEFFIHAIR™ medical device. Once the adipose tissue is harvested, it is gently washed, and it was divided in two specimens: (EMU) the tissue was emulsified with 20 passages from one syringe to another and (CTRL) the tissue didn’t undergo any emulsification. Results: The emulsification procedure liberated alive and proliferating cells and we observed that the specimens derived with a 1 mm side port hole cannula and then emulsified (EMU) showed a higher number of cells in the infranatant part compared to the one derived from the control tissue without any (1 EMU vs. 1EMU infra). Conclusion: The use of microcannulas, in combination with a mechanical digestion by an emulsification procedure and centrifuge, could ease SVF cells isolation for regenerative treatment and could also be performed in a medical facility.

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Research Article

Publication history

Received: Thu 14, Jan 2021
Accepted: Thu 28, Jan 2021
Published: Fri 12, Feb 2021

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© 2023 Alessandro Gennai. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.RGM.2021.01.01