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. 2021 Feb 17;157(3):1–10. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2020.5756

Table 2. Common Adverse Events of Surgical Interventions.

Intervention Adverse events
Punch grafting Recipient site: cobblestone appearance, variegated appearance, polka dots, color mismatch, infection, perilesional halo, insufficient repigmentation, hyperpigmentation
Donor site: Koebner phenomenon, scarring, infection
Thin skin grafting Recipient site: perigraft halo, milia, hypertrophic scarring, graft displacement, overhanging margin, partial graft loss, wrinkles over the graft surface, hyperpigmentation, reactivation or progression
Donor site: pain, hypertrophic scarring, hyperpigmentation, infection
Suction blister grafting Recipient site: hyperpigmentation, hypertrophic scar, perigraft halo, infection, color mismatch, reactivation or progression
Donor site: Koebner phenomenon, hyperpigmentation
Noncultured epidermal cell suspension Recipient site: color mismatch, hyperpigmentation, marginal halo, infection, mottled pigmentation, burning pain and discomfort
Donor site: Koebner phenomenon, infection, hypertrophic scar, hyperpigmentation
Noncultured follicular cell suspension Recipient site: color mismatch, hyperpigmentation, infection, pruritus, xerosis
Donor site: hyperpigmentation, hypertrophic scar, infection
Cultured epidermal cell suspension Recipient site: marginal halo, burning pain and pruritus