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ReviewIndian journal of plastic surgery : official publication of the Association of Plastic Surgeons of India2021

Complications of Hair Transplant Procedures-Causes and Management.

Anil Kumar Garg, Seema Garg

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Review in Indian journal of plastic surgery : official publication of the Association of Plastic Surgeons of India, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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18citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Anil Kumar GargRejuvenate Plastic Cosmetic & Hair Transplant Centre, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Seema GargRejuvenate Plastic Cosmetic & Hair Transplant Centre, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hair transplant surgery per se has low risk, is relatively safe, and has minimum incidence of complications. However, it is a well-accepted fact that no medical science procedure exists without any potential risk of complications. The complication may be a single complaint in the form of pain, itching, dissatisfaction related to the procedure's outcome, or surgical complication in the form of infection, wound dehiscence or skin necrosis. Inadequate counselling increases unsatisfaction. Improper examination increases the complications, and incomplete medical history and history of allergy increases the risk during surgery. The author collected data of his 2896 patients, operated over a period of 10 years, and recorded the complains and complications. The most common complications were sterile folliculitis, noted in 203 patients, vasovagal shock in seven patients of, hypertensive crisis in one patient, hiccups in six patients, facial edema after hair transplant in 18 patients, graft dislodgement in 8 patients, infection in two diabetic patients, minor necrotic patches in recipient area in three patients, keloid development in one patient, numbness in 18 cases, and hypersensitivity in recipient and/or donor area. Donor area effluvium was seen in one case and three patients showed recipient area effluvium. Twenty-six patients were not happy with the results, and five cases showed partial loss of implanted hair. The overall significant life-threatening or major complications were zero, but the total minor complications' percentage was 0.10%. The key to minimize complaints and complications are detailed counselling, taking careful medical history and history of allergy, and proper examination of patients.

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hypertensive crisisnecrosisscalp laxitytelogen effluviumwound dehiscence

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PMID34984088
PMCPMC8719980
OpenAlexW4205833206

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