Fikry, A., Ali, A., Mahmoud, A. (2018). Combined Scar Subcision and Autologous Fat Grafting for Correction of Atrophic Depressed Scars of the Face. The Egyptian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 42(1), 61-66. doi: 10.21608/ejprs.2018.215062
Ayman Fikry; Ahmed M. Ali; Ahmed A. Mahmoud. "Combined Scar Subcision and Autologous Fat Grafting for Correction of Atrophic Depressed Scars of the Face". The Egyptian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 42, 1, 2018, 61-66. doi: 10.21608/ejprs.2018.215062
Fikry, A., Ali, A., Mahmoud, A. (2018). 'Combined Scar Subcision and Autologous Fat Grafting for Correction of Atrophic Depressed Scars of the Face', The Egyptian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 42(1), pp. 61-66. doi: 10.21608/ejprs.2018.215062
Fikry, A., Ali, A., Mahmoud, A. Combined Scar Subcision and Autologous Fat Grafting for Correction of Atrophic Depressed Scars of the Face. The Egyptian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2018; 42(1): 61-66. doi: 10.21608/ejprs.2018.215062
Combined Scar Subcision and Autologous Fat Grafting for Correction of Atrophic Depressed Scars of the Face
The Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Unit, General Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig
Abstract
Introduction: Atrophic depressed scars of the face are a common cosmetic problem; the main task is scar improvement with least invasive modalities to achieve nearly ideal scar criteria, among these modalities is subcision. Simple filling the depression or subcision alone will not be enough to obtain long lasting result. Objective: To assess the efficacy of combined scar subcision with Nokor® needle 18G and simultaneous lipofilling for the correction depressed linear scars of face. Method: In this case series, 20 adult patients [18 males and 2 females, ranging between 18-45 years old (Mean ± SD, 33.2±9.98)], suffering from facial atrophic depressed, (post traumatic or surgical scars) underwent our elected procedure. Results: There were statistically a high significant difference among the studied group between preoperative and postoperative scar as regarding total score of the scar (p < 0.001), and overall appearance of the scar, leading to a high patient satisfaction rate. Unfortunately the results were unsatisfactory in four cases. Conclusion: This combined technique had significantly improved atrophic depressed linear scars of the face; it could be considered a simple, inexpensive, and minimally invasive realistic modality for scar management
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