Should plastic surgeons operate on patients diagnosed with body dysmorphic disorders?

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Morselli, Paolo Giovanni ^a   Boriani, Filippo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; HUMAN; NOTE; PLASTIC SURGERY;

BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDERS; HUMANS; SURGERY, PLASTIC;

EID: 84867021018     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e318262f65b     Document Type: Letter

References (5)

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2. Morselli PG. Plastic surgery and psychomorphology: A new tool for improving communication between physician and dysmorphopathic patient and for perfecting appropriate patient selection. Aesthetic Plast Surg. 2003;27:485-492.
3. Morselli PG. Psychomorphology-psychosomatic in eumorphic plastic surgery. Paper presented at: 22nd National Congress of Società Italiana Medicina Psicosomatica; March 27-29, 2009; Milan, Italy.
4. Morselli PG. The Minotaur syndrome: Plastic surgery of the facial skeleton. Aesthetic Plast Surg. 1993;17:99-102.
5. Morselli PG. Maxwell Maltz, psychocybernetic plastic surgeon, and personal reflections on dysmorphopathology. Aesthetic Plast Surg. 2008;32:485-495.