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Hair transplantation producing arteriovenous fistulization
L R Williams1, J K Robinson, J S Yao
1Division of Vascular Surgery, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611.
Annals of Vascular Surgery
|September 1, 1986
Abstract:
Arteriovenous fistula formation is a rare complication of the punch graft technique of hair transplantation. This report describes a large donor site arteriovenous fistula that was clearly demonstrated on arteriography. Operative correction was guided by precise directional Doppler ultrasound localization of the fistulous communication, thus avoiding a large disfiguring incision.