Perceptions of facial aesthetics in surgical patients with basal cell carcinoma

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1209-1214

  Essers, B ^a   Nieman, F ^a   Prins, M ^a   Smeets, N ^a   Neumann, H ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Facial aesthetics; Mohs micro graphic surgery; Surgical excision

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER SURGERY; CHEMOSURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETICS; FACE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ESTHETICS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOHS SURGERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548801290     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2007.02227.x     Document Type: Article

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