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Safe Use of Local Anesthesia and Tumescence Fluid in the Donor Site as an Office-Based Procedure

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It is not exaggerating to state that there are at least 100 variations in local anesthetic technique. Beginners are often confused by the wide range of xylocaine and adrenaline concentrations in the anesthetic solution and tumescence. Yet they all seem to work quite well for the individual surgeon.

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  1. DHT Clinic, Bangkok, Thailand

    Damkerng Pathomvanich MD, FACS, ABHRS (Consulting Staff, General Hospital and Vichaiyuth Hospital Director, Fellowship Training Program in Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS)

  2. Bumrungrad Hospital, Bangkok

    Damkerng Pathomvanich MD, FACS, ABHRS (Consulting Staff, General Hospital and Vichaiyuth Hospital Director, Fellowship Training Program in Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS)

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  1. DHT Clinic, Bangkok, Thailand

    Damkerng Pathomvanich MD, FACS, ABHRS (Consulting Staff, General Hospital and Vichaiyuth Hospital Director Fellowship Training Program in Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) (Consulting Staff, General Hospital and Vichaiyuth Hospital Director Fellowship Training Program in Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS)

  2. Bumrungrad Hospital, Bangkok

    Damkerng Pathomvanich MD, FACS, ABHRS (Consulting Staff, General Hospital and Vichaiyuth Hospital Director Fellowship Training Program in Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) (Consulting Staff, General Hospital and Vichaiyuth Hospital Director Fellowship Training Program in Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS)

  3. Yokobi Clinic, Yokohama, Japan

    Kenichiro Imagawa MD, PhD, ABHRS (Medical Director, Board of Governor of the Japan Society of Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery Program Director of ISHRS Regional Workshop Asian Hair Surgery 2007) (Medical Director, Board of Governor of the Japan Society of Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery Program Director of ISHRS Regional Workshop Asian Hair Surgery 2007)

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Pathomvanich, D. (2010). Safe Use of Local Anesthesia and Tumescence Fluid in the Donor Site as an Office-Based Procedure. In: Pathomvanich, D., Imagawa, K. (eds) Hair Restoration Surgery in Asians. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-99659-0_19

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