Surgery, Plastic - Psychology
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Managing the psychological aspects of plastic surgery patients.

30 Jul 2009 PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The success of any physician-patient interaction is based on good communication. This requires the physician to be a careful listener with clinical acumen that extends beyond the typical borders of medical illness. For the plastic ... Read more...

Predicting interest in cosmetic surgery: interactive effects of appearance-based rejection sensitivity and negative appearance comments.

3 May 2009 This study investigated effects of appearance-based rejection sensitivity (Appearance-RS) - the dispositional tendency to anxiously expect rejection based on one's appearance - in a sample of 133 American college students. Participants were randomly ... Read more...

A survey of North American burn and plastic surgeons on their current attitudes toward facial transplantation.

22 Apr 2009 BACKGROUND: Feasibility of composite tissue allotransplantation (CTA) has been substantiated by transplantations of the hand, abdominal wall, and face. CTA has the potential to reconstruct "like with like," but the risk-to-benefit ratio and clinical ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Surgery, Plastic - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Managing the psychological aspects of plastic surgery patients. 30 Jul 2009
• Predicting interest in cosmetic surgery: interactive effects of appearance-based rejection sensitivity and negative appearance comments. 3 May 2009
• A survey of North American burn and plastic surgeons on their current attitudes toward facial transplantation. 22 Apr 2009
• Plastic surgery, aesthetics, and medical professionalism: beauty and the eye of the beholder. 30 Mar 2009
• Sense of wonder. 27 Feb 2009
• [Body image disorders and other psychiatric symptoms in aesthetic plastic surgery] 30 Dec 2008
• Aquilae non capiunt muscas (eagles don't catch flies). 29 Nov 2008
• Representations of cosmetic surgery and emotional health in women's magazines in Canada. 30 Oct 2008
• Teen surgery. 30 Oct 2008
• Surgery and parental separation as potential risk factors for abnormal eating attitudes-longitudinal study. 30 Oct 2008
• Motivating factors for seeking cosmetic surgery: a synthesis of the literature. 29 Sep 2008
• Obituaries, death and dying. 30 Aug 2008
• Psychosocial changes realized in reconstructive surgery patients as a motivator for the next generation of plastic and reconstructive surgeons. 29 Jun 2008
• P's in a plastic pod. 30 May 2008
• Temporal and demographic factors influencing the desire for plastic surgery after gastric bypass surgery. 30 May 2008
• Psychological considerations of the bariatric surgery patient undergoing body contouring surgery. 30 May 2008
• Can competition and the fear of litigation drive one to retirement? 5 May 2008
• Impact of cosmetic facial surgery on satisfaction with appearance and quality of life. 28 Feb 2008
• Ten tips for patients. 30 Dec 2007
• Nursing care of posttraumatic stress disorder after anesthesia awareness. 30 Dec 2007

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Technical information about 'Surgery, Plastic'

Definition: The branch of surgery concerned with restoration, reconstruction, or improvement of defective, damaged, or missing structures.

Descriptor UI: D013518

Alternative terms: Surgery, Plastic; Plastic Surgery; Esthetic Surgery; Esthetic Surgeries; Surgeries, Esthetic; Surgery, Esthetic; Surgery, Cosmetic; Cosmetic Surgery;

Related Mesh Headings: Reconstructive Surgical Procedures;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics; adverse effects; mortality; nursing; psychology; rehabilitation; utilization; veterinary;

Tree Number: H02.403.810.788;

Technical Notes: SPEC; do not confuse with RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES, the technique; not for -plasty in internal surgery: Manual 26.18