Table 2 Reports of therapeutic procedures involving fat or adipose tissue-derived cells to promote tissue regeneration in the oropharyngeal tract

Tracheoesophageal puncture

Autologous fat

10

[61]

Hypertrophic tracheostomy scar

Autologous fat

10

[62]

Radiation-induced fibrosis and volume defects in head and neck oncology

Autologous fat

38 + 11 + 12

[63,64,65]

Velopharyngeal insufficiency

Autologous fat

11 + 251

[66, 67]

Vocal fold scars

Autologous SVF

8 + 1

[68, 69]

Autologous fat

24

[70]

Autologous nanofat and microfat

7

[71]

Unilateral laryngeal nerve paralysis

Autologous fat

> 90

[70, 72,73,74,75]