Objective interpretation of surgical outcomes: Is there a need for standardizing digital images in the plastic surgery literature?

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1419-1423

  Parker, Wendy L ^a   Czerwinski, Marcin ^a   Sinno, Hani ^a   Loizides, Photis ^a   Lee, Chen ^a  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRIGHTNESS; COLOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST; DIGITAL IMAGING; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMAGING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VALIDITY;

BIBLIOMETRICS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERIODICALS; PHOTOGRAPHY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 34848838985     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000279390.73401.de     Document Type: Article

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