Surgical Hair Restoration and the Advent of a Robotic-Assisted Extraction Device
October 2014
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surgical hair restoration robotic-assisted extraction follicular unit transplantation FUT follicular units FUs donor region recipient region strip extraction manual FU extraction FUE robotic surgical assistive device hair transplant robotic hair transplant hair grafting hair donor area hair recipient area strip method manual extraction robotic hair restoration
TLDR A robotic device could improve surgical hair restoration, but it needs more testing to confirm its effectiveness compared to current methods.
The document from 2014 discussed the increasing number of surgical hair restorations performed worldwide, with follicular unit transplantation (FUT) being the gold standard. FUT involves transplanting individual follicular units (FUs) from the donor region to the recipient region. The most common methods for FU production were strip extraction and manual FU extraction (FUE), each with their own merits and limitations. The paper introduced the concept of a robotic surgical assistive device that could potentially overcome many of the limitations associated with traditional strip and manual FUE methods. However, the authors emphasized that this new technology would require further independently funded, peer-reviewed, clinical testing to establish its efficacy relative to existing hair restoration methods in clinical practice.
