Introduction Pain management before, during, and after any procedure is a key component to successful outcomes in plastic surgery. Consistent patient satisfaction hinges largely upon favorable impressions and recollections of the surgical experience. As such, patient satisfaction and pain management…
Introduction “Patient safety” refers to the healthcare discipline that strives to reduce the risk of medical errors and harm to patients receiving medical care. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that adverse events due to unsafe medical care is one…
Access video and video lecture content for this chapter online at Elsevier eBooks+ Introduction Healthcare costs in the United States have steadily been rising, and medical imaging has been no exception to that trend. From 2000 to 2006, Medicare spending…
SYNOPSIS Photography is not only useful, documentary, collaborative, didactic, medicolegal, a research tool and even promotional – it is standard of care and a sine qua non for proper practice in plastic surgery. Our specialty is highly visual and relies…
Introduction Over the past few decades, healthcare costs in the United States (US) have risen considerably faster than gross domestic product (GDP), wage growth, and inflation. In 2017, the United States spent nearly 18% of GDP on healthcare, nearly double…
Synopsis ■ This chapter provides a broad overview of the essential principles that characterize what a business does and how a business does its work. ■ The ability to apply business concepts is of paramount importance if plastic surgeons are…
Introduction Consideration of topics pertaining to ethics in the field of plastic and reconstructive surgery is frequently provocative. With ongoing clinical, technological, and interpersonal evolution, and the emphasis on innovation that drives this specialty, one may assume that new decision-making…
Introduction Until now, research on the psychology of plastic surgery has coalesced around two main themes; firstly, the motivation to undergo appearance-altering surgery, and secondly, the prevalence of psychopathology in the population of prospective patients. Findings have been contradictory and…
Synopsis ■ Closure of wounds represents one of the first gestures of reparative surgery. ■ History shows that almost every possible local flap has been described in the past and that the ingenuity of plastic surgeons was unlimited. ■ The…
Access video lecture content for this chapter online at Elsevier eBooks+ Introduction What is different about plastic surgery compared to other areas of specialty practice? I pointed out in the last edition of this textbook that plastic surgeons do not…