Analysis of health-related quality-of-life outcomes and their predictive factors in pediatric patients who undergo otoplasty

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Hao, Weibo ^b   Chorney, Jill M ^b   Bezuhly, Michael ^b   Wilson, Kenneth ^b   Hong, Paul ^a  

^a IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84887308383     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3182a3c133     Document Type: Article

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