Clinics in Plastic Surgery: Fat Grafting: Current Concept, Clinical Application, and Regenerative Potential, Part 2

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Lee L.Q. Pu, Kotaro Yoshimura, and Sydney R. Coleman, eds. Clinics in Plastic Surgery: Fat Grafting: Current Concept, Clinical Application, and Regenerative Potential, Part 2 . New York, NY: Elsevier; 2015. ISBN-10: 0323392709, ISBN-13: 978-0323392709. $99.00. ![Graphic][1] The credentials of the editors of this 2-part summary of fat grafting are impeccable and, as such, these volumes (of which part 2 is reviewed here) provide an authoritative summary of fat grafting to date. While part 1 provided a comprehensive overview of the basic science of fat grafting, including adipose stem cell biology, fat preparation, and graft take, these 12 additional chapters focus on the diverse clinical applications of the technique. Importantly, the volume focuses not only on aesthetic liposculpture (although breast augmentation and facial rejuvenation are covered here) but also includes chapters on such disparate topics as breast reconstruction, problematic wounds, scleroderma, velopharyngeal incompetence, and Dupuytren's disease. The volume concludes, as we might expect, with chapters on how to manage the complications of fat grafting and future perspectives. This volume, like its companion volume (part 1), is of general interest and assumes no prior expertise in the … Corresponding Author: Dr Graeme Glass, 6 Park St. James, Prince Albert Road, St. John's Wood, London, NW8 7LE, UK. E-mail: graeme.glass{at}ndorms.ox.ac.uk [1]: /embed/inline-graphic-1.gif