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  2. Scalp reconstruction - Wikipedia

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    Scalp reconstruction is a surgical procedure for people with scalp defects. Scalp defects may be partial or full thickness and can be congenital or acquired. Because not all layers of the scalp are elastic and the scalp has a convex shape, the use of primary closure is limited. Sometimes the easiest way of closing the wound may not be the ideal ...

  3. Hairline lowering - Wikipedia

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    During the surgery, the excess forehead and/or scalp is excised and the scalp is advanced to the new hairline. The incisions are made in such a manner (trichophytic) so that hair regrows through and in front of the eventual hairline scar making it undetectable. [4] The scalp has to be separated from the skull going far back almost to the neck. [3]

  4. Scalp reduction - Wikipedia

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    Scalp reduction became very popular starting in the 1960s and, by the 1980s, was considered one of the most effective treatments for baldness. [ citation needed ] It is not commonly performed today, with around 5,000 men per year receiving hair transplantation [ 3 ] instead of a full scalp reduction surgery. [ 4 ]

  5. Surgical staple - Wikipedia

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    34 surgical staples closing scalp following craniotomy Projectional radiograph of surgical staples. Surgical staples are specialized staples used in surgery in place of sutures to close skin wounds or to resect and/or connect parts of an organ (e.g. bowels, stomach or lungs). The use of staples over sutures reduces the local inflammatory ...

  6. Cutis verticis gyrata - Wikipedia

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    Cutis verticis gyrata is a medical condition usually associated with thickening of the scalp. [1] The condition is identified by excessive thickening of the soft tissues of the scalp and characterized by ridges and furrows, which give the scalp a cerebriform appearance. Clinically, the ridges are hard and cannot be flattened on applying pressure.

  7. Vertical mattress stitch - Wikipedia

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    The vertical mattress stitch is most commonly used in anatomic locations which tend to invert, such as the posterior aspect of the neck, and sites of greater skin laxity such as the closure of lax skin after removing a dermoid cyst or reduced subcutaneous tissue (e.g., the shin) that do not provide adequate subcutaneous tissue for dermal closure. [6]

  8. Flap (surgery) - Wikipedia

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    Flap surgery is a technique in plastic and reconstructive surgery where tissue with an intact blood supply is lifted from a donor site and moved to a recipient site. Flaps are distinct from grafts, which do not have an intact blood supply and relies on the growth of new blood vessels. Flaps are done to fill a defect such as a wound resulting ...

  9. Steven Hoefflin - Wikipedia

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    Hoefflin was awarded the UCLA Plastic Surgery Clinical Attending Teacher Award twice — in 1985 and 1986. [1] Hoefflin was chief of plastic surgery at Santa Monica-UCLA Hospital Medical Center (1982–1989) and at Brotman Medical Center (1980-1985), and was on the Medical School Admission Committee at the UCLA School of Medicine (1980-1989). [1]

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