title: Halsey needle holder for micro and mini slit grafting.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Few suggestions have been made to date concerning how to more reproducibly place scalp slits for micro- and minigrafts.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To improve on the unpredictable consistency of depth and angle of scalp slits for micro- and minigrafting.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seven-inch Halsey needle holders were used to stabilize the cutting instruments (No-Kor microblades, #15c, and #15 blades) for making scalp slits for micro- and minigrafts on approximately 80 patients over 5 months.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Using the Halsey needle holder or stabilization of the blades for slit placement of scalp micro- and minigrafting is superior to directly holding the blades by improving on depth, angle control, ease of holding and adjustment, and greater reproducibility.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of Arkansas Medical School, Little Rock, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Spencer
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schauder
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Stough
mesh_terms: D006197:Hair / Q000637:transplantation*; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D012535:Scalp / Q000601:surgery*; D013525:Surgical Instruments