Follicular Unit Extraction for Hair Transplantation: An Update
| Autor: | I. Ponce-Rodríguez, F. Jiménez-Acosta |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Follicular unit transplantation Histology business.industry Dermatology 030230 surgery Pathology and Forensic Medicine Surgery 030207 dermatology & venereal diseases 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Follicular phase medicine Surgical skills Hair transplantation business Follicular unit extraction |
| Zdroj: | Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas (English Edition). 108:532-537 |
| ISSN: | 1578-2190 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.adengl.2017.05.018 |
| Popis: | Follicular unit extraction (FUE) is a hair transplantation technique that uses small punches (0.8-1 mm in diameter) to extract the follicular units (FUs). Though initially the technique was not widely accepted because of the difficulty of extracting intact follicular units with such small punches, it has since gained in popularity due mainly to rising patient demand, the availability of better instrumentation and greater surgical skill acquired from experience. It is now a recognised alternative to follicular unit transplantation (FUT), a technique based on harvesting the FUs from a strip of tissue. Among the advantages of FUE are less post-procedural discomfort in the donor zone and the barely visible scarring from the punches. However, FUE is a more laborious, time-consuming procedure that involves a long learning curve for the surgeon. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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