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Postoperative Alopecia

Kita D. Patel, MD^*, and E. O. Henschel, MD

*Assistant Professor, Acting Chief, Department of Anesthesiology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Milwaukee. Department of Anesthesiology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, 950 North Twelfth Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201. Late Professor and Chairman, Department of Anesthesiology, The Medical College of Wisconsin; Director, Department of Anesthesiology, Milwaukee County Medical Complex; and Chief, Anesthesiology Services, Veterans Administration Center, Wood, Wisconsin. Department of Anesthesiology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, 950 North Twelfth Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201.

Abstract

Postoperative alopecia due to intraoperative pressure on the scalp has been described as a minor reversible complication of anesthesia.¹ Review of the literature^2–6 shows that postoperative pressure alopecia is most likely to occur after lengthy anesthesia associated with hypotension, blood loss, or continued pressure over an area of the scalp. The present case describes development of temporary alopecia with none of the precipitating factors reported in the literature which resulted from pressure of a soft foam "doughnut" used to rest the head of a patient during a lengthy anesthetic.

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