Restoration of the plantar fat pad with autolipotransplantation
Chairman, E.L.
Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery Official Publication of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons 33(4): 373-379
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 1067-2516 PMID: 7951190 Document Number: 428129
Atrophied fat pads may be replaced or supplemented with autolipotransplantation. The author reviews the history, theory, uses, and techniques for the adaptation of a cosmetic procedure to a therapeutic procedure for the foot. The first 50 patients are reviewed subjectively in this paper. All 50 patients were asymptomatic after the surgery. Forty-eight patients had a subjective feeling of an increased fat pad on the plantar surface of their foot. One patient had initial improvement but required additional transfers 6 months after surgery.