Clinical Study

Treatment of Postsurgical Scalp Scar Deformity Using Follicular Unit Hair Transplantation

Table 2

Preoperative and Postoperative POSAS Assessment.

EtiologySurvival rate at 12 MO Preoperative. POSASPostoperative POSAS
PatientObserverTotalPatientObserverTotal

Forehead implant insertion (n=2)87.5011.5010.0021.505.003.508.50
Endotine lift (n=2)85.0012.509.5022.004.503.508.00
Previous hair transplantation scalp strip harvesting site (n=5)83.0011.608.8020.406.404.8011.20
Forehead reduction (n=1)80.0010.008.0018.006.004.0010.00
Fat graft (n=1)75.0020.0018.0038.008.007.0015.00
Nevus excision (n=1)75.0016.0014.0030.008.007.0015.00
Neurosurgery (n=3)73.3316.6714.0030.678.676.3315.00
Average ± SD80.67 ± 5.9413.47 ± 3.4811.00 ± 3.4624.47 ± 6.616.60 ± 1.925.00 ± 1.7711.60 ± 3.54

POSAS, The Patient and Observer Scar Assessment Scale; MO, months; SD, standard deviation.