Is there a rationale for the drugs used in hair transplantation surgery?

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 967-971

  Langtry, James A A ^a,c,d   Maddin, W Stuart ^a   Carruthers, J Alastair ^a   Rivers, Jason K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Division of Dermatology   (Canada)

^c BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF DERMATOLOGISTS   (United Kingdom)

^d SUNDERLAND ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACITRACIN; BETAMETHASONE; BUPIVACAINE; CEFADROXIL; CEFALEXIN; COCODAMOL; CORTICOSTEROID; ERYTHROMYCIN; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE PLUS PARACETAMOL; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; MINOXIDIL; NAPROXEN; NEOMYCIN; NEOSPORIN; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PERCOCET; POLYSPORIN; PREDNISOLONE; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WARFARIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG USE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HAIR LOSS; HAIR TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0031657778     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.1998.tb04289.x     Document Type: Article

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