A quantitative comparison of psychological and emotional health measures in 360 plastic surgery candidates: Is there a difference between aesthetic and reconstructive patients?

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 349-353

  Cordeiro, Christina N ^a   Clarke, Alex ^a   Psych, D ^a   White, Paul ^a   Sivakumar, Bran ^a   Ong, Juling ^a   Butler, Peter E M ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aesthetic and reconstructive surgery; Facial disfigurement; Psychological impact

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; ESTHETICS; FACE; FEMALE; HIV ASSOCIATED LIPODYSTROPHY; HUMAN; LOCALIZED SCLERODERMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHYTIDOPLASTY; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANXIETY; BODY IMAGE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; ESTHETICS; FACE; FEMALE; HIV-ASSOCIATED LIPODYSTROPHY SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RHYTIDOPLASTY; SCLERODERMA, LOCALIZED; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958015488     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3181c1fe5e     Document Type: Article

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