Patient Satisfaction Using BREAST-Q and Breast Implant Illness after Breast Reconstruction in Transwomen.

Background: Gender-affirming breast augmentation comprises an increasing portion of breast augmentations performed by plastic surgeons. Satisfaction and breast implant illness (BII) symptoms in this population have not been well studied. This study aimed to evaluate satisfaction and BII symptoms in transwomen who received nontextured implants as part of their breast reconstruction.

Ethnic Disparities in Thrombotic and Bleeding Diatheses Revisited: A Systematic Review of Microsurgical Breast Reconstruction across the East and West.

Background:  Ethnicity has been shown to play a role in disparate coagulative responses between East Asian and Caucasian patients undergoing nonmicrovascular surgery. In this study, we sought to further investigate this hematologic phenomenon between the two ethnic groups within the field of microsurgical breast reconstruction.

Methods:  A systematic review examining the reported incidence of microvascular thrombosis and all-site bleeding among breast free flaps in East Asians and Westerners was performed.

Exosomes Are Comparable to Source Adipose Stem Cells in Fat Graft Retention with Up-Regulating Early Inflammation and Angiogenesis.

Background: Exosomes derived from mesenchymal stem cells possess functional properties similar to those of their parent cells, suggesting that they could play a pivotal role in tissue repair and regeneration.

Methods: Using lipotransfer as a surrogate, exosomes were isolated from mouse adipose-derived stem cell-conditioned medium and characterized. Minced fat tissue mixed with exosomes, source cells (cell-assisted lipotransfer), or saline was implanted subcutaneously in the lower back of C57/BL mice bilaterally (n = 16 each).