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Effect of Lower Blepharoplasty on Self‐Esteem
BACKGROUND Cosmetic surgery is an increasingly common medical procedure whose benefits
to patients have not been quantified objectively. Although physicians historically have focused
on minimizing side effects and optimizing the physical outcome, a broad spectrum of ...
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The Patient-Reported Impact of Scars Measure: Development and Validation
Benjamin C. Brown, MB, Ch.B. Stephen P. McKenna, BA, Ph.D. Mattea Solomon, MB, Ch.B. Jeanette
Wilburn, BA, M.Sc. Duncan A. McGrouther, MD, M.Sc. Ardeshir Bayat, MB, Ch.B., Ph.D.
Manchester, United Kingdom ... Background: Skin scars have a unique impact on ...
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Total Quality Management in Plastic Surgery
Aquality standard is a reference or norm that is acceptable to a representative professional group
of health care providers and is presented in the form of a written objective that defines the level
of care expected in the normal course. The principal objective of hos- pital quality ...
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Measuring Outcomes in Plastic Surgery: Body Image and Quality of Life in Abdominoplasty Patients; Michael A. Bolton, MD, Thomas Pruzinsky, Ph. D., Thomas F.
Dr. Bolton et al. report on their evaluation of 30 women undergoing abdominoplasty. The au-
thors have compared the preoperative and post- operative scores on 10 different body image
and quality-of-life questionnaires or their subscales. Those interested in more details on ...
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Measuring outcomes in facial plastic surgery: a decade of progress
Introduction The term 'outcomes study' has become a buzzword over the past two decades.
However, the liberal use of this term has created confusion as to its definition and context. Generally
speaking, any study that involves measurement of any kind could be termed an 'outcomes ...
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The psychological management of facial transplantation
Facial transplantation is a major advance in reconstructive surgery, providing enormous potential
benefit in terms of improved function and cosmesis. Managing the challenges it brings depends
on understanding both technical and psychological issues. Research on the ...
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Cosmetic orbital surgery
The concept of cosmesis is intrinsic to all oculoplastic surgery. The word derives from the Greek
'kosmeticos', from kosmos, which means, 'order or adornment' and is defined in the Oxford English
Dictionary 1 as an adjective, (i) 'relating to treatment intended to improve a person's ...
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Quality of life following aesthetic plastic surgery: a prospective study
228 patients agreed to participate in the present study. Measurements were taken preoperatively
as well as 3 and 6 months postoperatively. One hundred and thirty two patients completed the
three months postoperative evaluation (T1), 82 answered the 6 months follow-up ...
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The psychosocial aspects of strabismus: correlation between the AS-20 and DAS59 quality-of-life questionnaires
The DAS59 is a self-report QoL questionnaire generating an assessment of distress caused
by problems of appearance. The AS-20 is a newly developed strabismus specific QoL scale.
A prospective, noninterventional study of a series of consecutive adult patients ...
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