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Rotational axial flaps provide central and lower buttock volume but often lack enough remaining tissue to provide hip and upper buttock projection.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objectives<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We describe a buttock lift technique utilizing a well-vascularized, broadly-based \u201csliding\u201d adipofascial flap to preserve and enhance hip and upper buttock projection, while using autologous fat grafting for central and lower buttock volume.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A retrospective analysis was performed of all female patients who underwent buttock lift surgery with an autologous adipofascial flap by C.P. between January 2015 and December 2020.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 145 female patients underwent buttock lift surgery with a sliding adipofascial flap, 132 (91%) receiving concomitant fat grafting of the central and lower buttocks. Average follow-up was 9.7 months (2-48 months). Average patient age was 46 (23-68), and average BMI was 28.3 (17-39.6). The overall patient complication rate for all procedures performed was 17.2%, and the complication rate for the buttock lift procedure alone was 8.3%. No instance of adipofascial flap necrosis occurred.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The sliding adipofascial flap provides an alternative for volume enhancement in buttock lift surgery, prioritizing use of the valuable hip-flank adipose tissue for more proximal upper buttock and hip projection while relying on autologous fat grafting for the more distal central and lower buttock. 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