Trivia: The Follicular Unit Extraction Procedure
Trivia: The Follicular Unit Extraction Procedure, Find out how much you know about follicular unit extraction by taking this trivia:
1) The first position of the patient (for extraction) is to lie:
- a) in prone position on the operating table
- b) in supine position on the operating table
- c) on his side on the operating table
- d) to his friends and family about getting a hair transplant
- e) none of the above
2) Local anesthesia is administered to numb the donor area and intramuscular hypnotics are administered for what purpose?
- a) as further pain medication
- b) to put the patient to sleep
- c) to relax the patient
- d) to make the patient hallucinate
- e) all of the above
3) What is the major tool used for extraction of follicular units?
- a) a handheld micro-punching tool that looks like a pen
- b) a needle device
- c) a scalpel
- d) a) and b) combined
- e) all of the above are possible
4) To preserve the extracted follicular units until implantation, they are stored in:
- a) a bowl of jelly because of its preservative properties
- b) a Petri dish
- c) a holding solution
- d) a cup of distilled water
- e) none of the above
5) Local anesthesia will also be administered to the recipient area before implantation of follicular units.
- a) True
- b) False
6) For implantation, the surgeon uses customary blades to make thousands of _____________ in the bald area.
- a) .2 mm holes
- b) long, parallel slices
- c) tiny squares
- d) microscopic slits
- e) none of the above
7) The following image shows:
- a) a manual FUE extraction tool
- b) UGraft Advanced FUE tool
- c) the ARTAS System
- d) the NeoGraft
- e) none of the above
8 ) The wounds created by FUE are closed up using:
- a) staples
- b) stitches
- c) bandages
- d) they are tiny enough incisions to close on their own without the aid of any sutures.
- e) none of the above
9) When surgery is over, the patient will be given:
- a) a prescription for antibiotics
- b) topical medication
- c) mild pain killers
- d) all of the above
- e) none of the above
10) The donor site should heal within:
- a) twenty-four hours
- b) seven days
- c) fourteen days
- d) one month
- e) none of the above
11) FUE is considered a minimally invasive procedure.
- a) True
- b) False
12) The recipient site should heal within:
- a) twenty-four hours
- b) seven days
- c) fourteen days
- d) one month
- e) none of the above
13) Hair growth should start at four months and progress until:
- a) five months
- b) six months
- c) one year
- d) eighteen months
- e) two years
14) The following image shows:
- a) the donor area immediately post-op
- b) the back of a scalp
- c) a strip scar
- d) a) and b)
- e) none of the above
Answers: 1: a, 2: c, 3: d, 4: c, 5: a, 6: d, 7: b, 8: d, 9: d, 10: b, 11: a, 12: c, 13: d, 14: d
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