OBJECTIVE:
Fat grafting represents a burgeoning field including widely varied basic and clinical research, as evidenced by the retrieval of 13,331 articles using the search term "fat graft" on Medline. The amount exceeds the practical limits for manual review or knowledge management programs, such as EndNote. For more complete and efficient process of systematic review (SR), we experiment on some relevant keywords, empasizng the importance of incorporating MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) terms.
MATERIAL AND METHOD:
We started by statistics of relevant keywords in the major review and SR article, and define 1) the PS-related, by articles retrieved in the five leading plastic surgical journals, and 2) the CLINICAL articles, by the reports on the relevant applications, including wound, scar, mammaplasty, and facial surgery. A third definition about OUTCOME articles failed due to variations and relative paucity of treatment outcome reported in current fat graft aritcles.
RESULTS:
3,384 abstracts of "Adipose Tissue/transplantation"[MeSH Major Topic] were retrieved from the NLM Medline database, compared with 13331 by text words. Among the retrieved results, 1256 abstracts have been included in the databases of the five plastic surgery journals, and 78.7% pertain to clinically relevant research was noted, compared with 2526 and 10.6% by text word search. The results from two MeSH terms, 462 and 389, would be compared and discussed.
CONCLUSION:
For research focused on fat grafting, we demonstrated the most appropriate MeSH terms. Our aim is to enhance search efficiency, optimize the application of management programs, and concentrate the study on clinical applications.

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