Psychosocial outcome of patients after ear reconstruction: A retrospective study of 62 patients

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 517-524

  Horlock, Nigel ^a   Vögelin, Esther ^a,d   Bradbury, Eileen T ^b   Grobbelaar, Adriaan O ^c   Gault, David T ^c  

^a MOUNT VERNON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WITHINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Auricular deformity; Auricular reconstruction; Psychosocial morbidity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCE QUESTIONNAIRE; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; EAR RECONSTRUCTION; EXTERNAL EAR MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MOTIVATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EAR DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; EAR, EXTERNAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 17644378039     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000155284.96308.32     Document Type: Article

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