Hair Transplant Surgery - Surgical Team
The surgical
team of Ruston Clinic
The team is a fundamental part of hair transplant
surgery because it would be impossible to
perform the procedure without it. Like an
orchestra, the team is not only large in size,
but “in tune” among its members.
Each has his or her role and must be trained
and qualified to work on a production line,
while the surgeon works like the conductor
of this orchestra.
Our team is made up of a doctor (plastic surgeon)
and seven highly qualified and trained surgical
assistants. Additionally, there is a nurse
and an anesthesiologist. The total then is
ten people involved during the entire surgical
procedure.
Why should the surgical team have so many
people?
A hair follicle, after having been removed
from the donor area, survives at a maximum
of six hours outside the human body, even
when immersed in saline throughout the duration
of surgery. A large surgical team optimizes
the process of separating the grafts, which
increases their integration rate, nowadays
reaching 100%, and reduces surgical time.
Megasessions may only be achieved with a large
team. As a large team increases the operational
cost and its training requires time and investment,
fewer hair transplant surgeons offer megasessions.
How does it
work?
While Dr. Ruston and an assistant remove and
close the donor area, the other assistants,
using high-powered microscopes, immediately
begin to
separate the follicular units and prepare
the grafts.
As soon
as the donor area has been closed, the process
of placing the grafts begins. Only the most
experienced assistants are called upon to
assist Dr. Ruston during this stage.
The process
of preparing the grafts under the microscope
requires extreme attention and concentration,
often causing muscle tension. So that the
team may feel refreshed for the graft placement
stage of surgery, the Ruston Clinic has contracted
a quick massage (shiatsu) service. The massage
lasts approximately 15-20 minutes, alternating
among each member of the team, after finalizing
the graft preparation and before their placement.
The result of this practice has been surprising
in terms of motivating the team and producing
notable effects for the quality of the service
provided to the patients.
As we
have said, the donor area is a finite source,
hence an invaluable one. With this in mind,
the Ruston Clinic created a process of continuous
training in which monitors are used during
the initial phase of treatment so that the
head of the surgical team may supervise the
preparation and quality of the grafts.
This
training phase usually lasts from three to
six months. From a hair bank, we obtain fragments
from the scalp removed from facial surgery
in order to not risk losing a single bulb
of a hair follicle. Only after exhaustive
training and authorization by the team leader,
the new surgical assistant begins to separate
real grafts.
We believe that an appropriate and calm work
environment brings harmony and security to
the patients. Our entire team is passionate
about our work and this is transmitted during
surgery.
It is
not unusual for friendships to develop with
our patients. We receive e-mails that relay
updates from their personal lives and praise
for our work, as ties are maintained with
the whole team.
The Team of Ruston Clinic
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