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
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Psychological aspects of orthognathic surgery and its effect on quality of life in Egyptian patients
ABSTRACT A study was made of 120 patients aged 11–33 years who underwent various types
of orthognathic surgery in a Cairo hospital between 1998 and 2004. Patients answered a standardized
questionnaire to identify motives for seeking surgery, the degree of satisfaction with the ...
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Outcome Measures in Facial Plastic Surgery
Methods A review of the English-language literature was performed to identify outcomes instruments
specific for targeted facial plastic surgery interventions and conditions. A search was performed
using MEDLINE (1950 to September 2007), CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing & ...
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Impact of cosmetic facial surgery on satisfaction with appearance and quality of life
Methods A 3-year prospective cohort study. The patient population, which comprised a consecutive
series of patients 16 years or older, undergoing cosmetic nasal or facial surgery, was obtained
from the senior author's (PAA) private surgical practice. All patients presenting for surgery ...
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The psychiatric view of patients of aesthetic surgery: Self-esteem, body image, and eating attitude
Abstract. The patient who presents for aesthetic surgery possesses various demands depending
on the characteristic properties of the individual. Evaluation of self-esteem, body image and eating
habits in patients of aesthetic surgery could help in understanding patients and their ...
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Development and validation of disease-specific measures for choroidal melanoma: COMS-QOLS report No. 2
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Recruitment and retention in a multicentre randomised controlled trial in Bell’s palsy: A case study
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Dermalipectomy for body contouring after bariatric surgery in Aegean region of Turkey
Background: The only proven effective long-term treatment for morbid obesity is bariatric
surgery. After surgery, additional problems may arise such as redundant hanging skin and a
poor body image. The patient's quality of life and social acceptance may thus still be ...
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The hidden cost of skin scars: quality of life after skin scarring
Thirty-four scar patients (24 women; aged 14–70 years, mean = 35.7 years, SD = 17.9 years)
with a wide range of scar type, severity and onset were recruited. Five hundred and
seventy-three statements were identified from interview transcripts relating to need ...
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A comparison of the cosmetic and psychological outcome of breast reconstruction, breast conserving surgery and mastectomy without reconstruction
Cocquyt et al. 15 found reconstruction to be significantly superior to conservative surgery in terms
of cosmetic result. However, other studies have demonstrated the opposite, [5] , [16] and [17]
or no difference. 18 In fact, Schover et al. 19 found that when comparing breast ...
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