Square scalp grafts, combined with strip grafts, for the treatment of male pattern baldness.
In the treatment of male pattern baldness, the use of square scalp grafts permits one to obtain the same number of larger grafts from a much smaller donor area--with immediate primary closure leaving only one linear scar. Suitable instruments for marking and cutting the square scalp grafts have been a problem, but a new square marker and a square knife (with disposable blades, in either the 5 mm or 3.5 mm size) have been designed and are available.
D000505:Alopecia / Q000601:surgery*; D006197:Hair / Q000637:transplantation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous / Q000379:methods