Key clinical point: Fat grafting appears to be safe in sarcoma patients, based on local or distant spread and overall survival.

Main finding: At follow-up after fat grafting (2.4 years), one patient had distant metastasis and two had local relapse. Kaplan-Meier analysis showed disease-free survival of 95.4% (CI:89.1-100.0) at 24 months. The risk of local recurrence within 24 months was 4.6% (CI:0.0-20.9). The probability of not having local recurrence after fat grafting was over 89%. Overall median follow-up was 7.5 years.

Study details: Sixty consecutive patients who were recurrence free and underwent 143 fat grafting procedures after surgical resection of bone and soft tissue sarcomas of the head, trunk, and limbs with clear resection margins at a single treatment center.

Disclosures: The authors had no relevant conflicts of interest.

Source: Pennati A et al. Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery: Published online 8 August 2018 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjps.2018.07.028