Table 1:Demographics, AVF characteristics, treatment, and outcomes for 16 patients with scalp AVFs due to Hair Transplantation.
Authors & Year | Presenting age | Time from transplant to presentation | Location | Arterial supply | Treatment | Outcome/Note |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Souder, et al. 1970 [12] | 35 | NS | L temporal | L STA | Excision | Resolved |
Barros, et al. 1978 [2] | 34 | 18 mo | R parietal | R STA | Excision | Resolved |
Lanzieri, et al. 1985 [9] | 64 | 3 mo | R parietal | R STA | Excision | Resolved |
Williams, et al. 1986 [14] | 34 | 3 yr | Excision | Resolved | ||
Semashko, et al. 1989 [11] | 64 | 3-4 mo | R temporal | R STA | Ligation | Resolved |
Semashko, et al. 1989 [11] | 26 | 1 mo | R temporal | R STA | Ligation | Resolved |
Fukuta, et al. 1994 [8] | 44 | 5 yr | Frontal | R supratrochlear artery, R STA | Ligation | Ligation |
Tornambe, et al. 1994 [13] | 35 | 4 mo | R temporal | R STA | Ligation | Resolved |
Mathis, et al. 1994 [10] | 27 | 1 yr | NS | R/L STA, R/L OA | Direct puncture embolization | Resolved |
Davis, et al. 1997 [6] | 45 | 15 years | L occipital | L OA | Angiographic embolization + excision | Resolved |
Dogan, et al. 2008 [7] | 27 | 1 mo | R frontotemporal | R STA | Angiographic embolization | Resolved |
Perez-Mesa, et al. 2009 [21] | 44 | 2 wk | R frontotemporal | Not stated | Ligation | Resolved |
Bernstein, et al. 2011 [3] | 40 | 15 mo | L temporal | NS | Tx refused | Lost to follow-up |
Dabus, et al. 2014 [5] | 30s | Several yr | L frontotemporal | L STA | Direct puncture embolization | Resolved |
Dabus, et al. 2014 [5] | 40s | 2 mo | Angiographic embolization | R/L OA | Angiographic embolization | Resolved |
Champeaux, et al. 2014 [4] | 31 | NS | L frontotemporal | L STA | Excision | Resolved |
Liounakos, et al. 2015 | 46 | 1 yr | L temporoparietal | R/L STA, R/L OA | Direct puncture embolization | Resolved |
L: Left; mo: Months; NS: Not Specified; OA: Occipital Artery; R: Right; STA: Superficial Temporal Artery; yr: Years; wk: Weeks.