Assessing adolescents and young adults for plastic surgical intervention: Pre-surgical appearance ratings and appearance-related burdens as reported by adolescents and young adults, parents and surgeons

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 593-600

  Simis, Kuni J ^a,b   Koot, Hans M ^a,b,c   Verhulst, Frank C ^a,b   Hovius, Steven E R ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c Research Psychologist   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Appearance; Plastic surgery; Psychological burden; Social impediment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFORMITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EAR RECONSTRUCTION; ESTHETICS; FACE SURGERY; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIP RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NETHERLANDS; NOSE RECONSTRUCTION; PARENT; PLASTIC SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SURGEON;

EID: 0033778685     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjps.2000.3405     Document Type: Article

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