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The term “atraumatic surgical technique” was probably first used by the American surgeon Sterling Bunnell [1]. He described the particularly careful handling of the various anatomic structures with the goal of minimizing trauma, which is known today as “minimally invasive surgical technique.”
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Azar, R.P. (2019). The Technique of Minimally Invasive Hair Transplantation. In: FUE Hair Transplantation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75901-2_4
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