Insights into patient and clinician concerns about scar appearance: Semiquantitative structured surveys

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 256-265

  Young, V Leroy ^a   Hutchison, John ^b  

^a BodyAesthetic Plastic Surgery and Skincare Center   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DERMATOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCAR; SCAR FORMATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGEON; SURGICAL PATIENT; TELEPHONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; CICATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62549097402     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181a80747     Document Type: Article

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