Complications in Hair Restoration Surgery

January 2009 in “ Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America ”

David Perez-Meza, Robert P Niedbalski

hair transplant surgery HTS scalp bleeding improper graft placement reactions to medications prolonged surgery times postoperative complications edema infection delayed wound healing infection control measures hair transplant swelling infection control

Studysummary This article reviews complications associated with modern hair transplant surgery and discusses their treatment and prevention but reports no new clinical results.

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