title: Reduction of male pattern baldness in multiple stages: a retrospective study.
abstract: Seven hundred and forty-nine reductions of male pattern baldness were reviewed retrospectively with respect to selection of patients, operative techniques, complications, benefit obtained during successive stages of reduction, optimum intervals between operations, ages of patients, and prior operations on the scalp. A classification of mobility of the scalp is also given.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000505:Alopecia / Q000628:therapy*; D004548:Elasticity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012535:Scalp / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery* / Q000637:transplantation; D013997:Time Factors; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous