| Title | Outcomes of facial cosmetic procedures. | | Author(s) | Most SP, Alsarraf R, Larrabee WF | | Institution | Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. | | Source | Facial Plast Surg 2002 May; 18(2):119-24. | | MeSH | Airway Resistance
Attitude to Health
Blepharoplasty
Chemexfoliation
Dermabrasion
Esthetics
Face
Humans
Nose
Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
Patient Satisfaction
Quality of Life
Reconstructive Surgical Procedures
Rhinoplasty
Rhytidoplasty
Treatment Outcome
| | Abstract | Facial cosmetic procedures lend themselves to outcomes studies in ways that traditional reconstructive procedures may not. The most important measures of outcome in facial cosmetic surgery are quality of life and patient satisfaction, in contrast to other, more objective measures such as complications or mortality rates. For this reason, outcomes research in facial cosmetic surgery deserves a special focus of attention. In this article, we review outcomes studies for the more common facial cosmetic procedures, discuss in depth what aspects of patient-related satisfaction have been quantified by these existing studies, and highlight the direction that future outcomes research projects may wish to follow. There exists an abundance of potential interesting areas of study in facial cosmetic surgery, and the application of outcomes research methodology to these realms may allow the facial plastic surgeon to better define the success or failure of each individual facial cosmetic surgery procedure. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
Review
| | PubMed ID | 12063659 |
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