Measuring outcomes in breast surgery Journal Article
| Authors: | Lemaine, V.; Mccarthy, C. |
| Article Title: | Measuring outcomes in breast surgery |
| Abstract: | The purpose of this article is to update and inform plastic surgeons regarding the available tools to evaluate outcomes after breast surgery. An overview of the current literature on clinician-reported outcomes, patient-reported outcomes, and national outcome audits is provided. © 2013 Elsevier Inc. |
| Keywords: | patient satisfaction; review; donor site; disease classification; outcome assessment; reproducibility of results; mastectomy; morbidity; breast reconstruction; mammaplasty; outcome assessment (health care); postoperative complication; medical literature; reliability; esthetics; patient-reported outcomes; psychological well being; breast surgery; breast augmentation; breast reduction; psychometry; breast disease; medical audit; named inventories, questionnaires and rating scales; mastopexy; patient reported outcome; nsqip; plastic surgeon; implant capsular contracture; breast-q; breast q; augmentation mammoplasty; abnsw scoring system; baker classification; breast skin ischemic injury; clinician reported outcome; harvard scale; mastectomy skin score |
| Journal Title: | Clinics in Plastic Surgery |
| Volume: | 40 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| ISSN: | 0094-1298 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier Inc. |
| Date Published: | 2013-04-01 |
| Start Page: | 331 |
| End Page: | 339 |
| Language: | English |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PUBMED: | 23506774 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.cps.2012.12.003 |
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| Notes: | --- - "Export Date: 1 May 2013" - "CODEN: CPSUD" - ":doi 10.1016/j.cps.2012.12.003" - "Source: Scopus" |
