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Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Nov 2021
Topics: Diffusion of Innovation; Humans; Plastic Surgery Procedures; Surgery, Plastic
PubMed: 34699474
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000794784.09726.a7 -
BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.) Aug 1998
Review
Topics: Guided Tissue Regeneration; Humans; Laser Therapy; Surgery, Plastic; Surgical Flaps; Vacuum; Wound Healing
PubMed: 9694759
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.317.7155.397 -
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Mar 2021
Topics: Cosmetic Techniques; History, 20th Century; History, 21st Century; Humans; Publishing; Plastic Surgery Procedures; Surgeons; Surgery, Plastic
PubMed: 33620953
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000007697 -
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Apr 2019Social media play an important role in plastic surgery, yet there are limited studies in the literature to guide plastic surgeons' social networking practices. To...
BACKGROUND
Social media play an important role in plastic surgery, yet there are limited studies in the literature to guide plastic surgeons' social networking practices. To address this deficiency and provide further insight, the authors set out to investigate the public's attitude toward plastic surgery using Twitter, a popular social media platform. The authors examined a large body of messages (tweets) related to plastic surgery using novel techniques of natural language processing and sentiment analysis.
METHODS
The authors collected over 1 million tweets with the keywords "plastic," "cosmetic," "aesthetic," and "reconstruction" surgery spanning from 2012 to 2016 from the Twitter Gardenhose feed. Using hedonometrics, the authors extracted the average happiness/positivity (havg) of tweets and created word-shift graphs to determine the most influential words.
RESULTS
The positivity scores for keywords "plastic," "cosmetic," "aesthetic," and "reconstruction" surgery were 5.72, 6.00, 6.16, and 6.09, respectively. In relation to "plastic," keywords "cosmetic" and "aesthetic" were more positive because they lacked antagonistic words, such as "fake," "ugly," "bad," "fails," or "wrong." The keyword "reconstruction," however, was more positively associated than the term "plastic" because of an increase in positive words, such as "honor," "amazing," "successful," and "respect."
CONCLUSIONS
Tweets containing the term "plastic" surgery trended toward negativity, and may be explained by the increase in unfavorable, associative words. Conversely, related terms such as "aesthetic," "cosmetic," and "reconstruction" were more favorably regarded because of the lack of antagonistic words and the presence of supportive words. The authors' results are informative and may serve to guide plastic surgeons' social media practices.
Topics: Attitude to Health; Esthetics; Happiness; Humans; Perception; Social Media; Surgery, Plastic; Terminology as Topic
PubMed: 30921153
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000005445 -
Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent... Aug 2000Over the past year, the media have reported an increase in the number of teenagers undergoing plastic surgery, and with a tone of faint alarm have suggested that this... (Review)
Review
Over the past year, the media have reported an increase in the number of teenagers undergoing plastic surgery, and with a tone of faint alarm have suggested that this merits some cultural self-scrutiny. This paper presents the statistics on the number and types of plastic surgery operations done in teenagers over the last eight years and discusses these in the context of cultural influences and societal concepts of beauty. The reason to have plastic surgery is psychological and involves body image, which is defined as the subjective perception of the body as it is seen through the mind's eye. To explain why changing the external appearance affects personality and behavior, the complex psychological reactions that occur after an operation that alters the size or shape of a body part are reviewed. Body image development occurs in stages, and puberty stands out as a particularly sensitive time as the teenager undergoes major changes in his or her physical appearance and does this at a time of heightened vulnerability to the opinion of others. Plastic surgery to correct a truly unattractive feature is enormously successful and remarkably free of conflict in this population. Teenagers undergo a rapid reorganization of their self-image after plastic surgery with subsequent positive changes in behavior and interpersonal interactions. The key to achieving success with plastic surgery is patient selection. The core value of the surgery lies not in the objective beauty of the visible result, but in the patient's opinion of and response to the change. Good patient management includes selecting candidates with clear and realistic expectations who are free of psychopathology. There must be true informed consent and attention to psychological issues must continue into the postoperative period. It is the responsibility of the patient's physician and plastic surgeon to recognize a need for psychiatric evaluation and to help the patient get this as needed. The eight operations most commonly done in the teenage population are rhinoplasty, ear surgery, reduction mammoplasty, surgery for asymmetric breasts, excision of gynecomastia, augmentation mammoplasty, chin augmentation, and suction assisted lipoplasty. Each of these is reviewed with regard to techniques, expectations, risks, and logistics. Guidelines for timing the referral of teenage patients for plastic surgery evaluation are given.
Topics: Adolescent; Adolescent Behavior; Adult; Body Image; Female; Guidelines as Topic; Humans; Incidence; Male; Patient Selection; Surgery, Plastic
PubMed: 10989327
DOI: 10.1016/s1083-3188(00)00042-5 -
Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive &... Feb 2021
Topics: Education, Medical, Graduate; Health Services Accessibility; Humans; Patient Safety; Plastic Surgery Procedures; Student Run Clinic; Surgery, Plastic; Tennessee
PubMed: 32883613
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2020.08.063 -
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Oct 2021
Topics: History, 20th Century; History, 21st Century; Humans; Outcome Assessment, Health Care; Publishing; Surgery, Plastic
PubMed: 34550951
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000008347 -
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Nov 2018Best evidence has no bearing on quality of life if it is not implemented in clinical practice. The authors introduce knowledge translation as a theoretical framework for... (Review)
Review
Best evidence has no bearing on quality of life if it is not implemented in clinical practice. The authors introduce knowledge translation as a theoretical framework for closing the gap between evidence and practice in plastic surgery. The current state of published evidence in plastic surgery is reviewed and evaluated, with the recommendation to use the EQUATOR Network's guidelines for reporting clinical research findings. Tools and strategies are offered for the reader to understand and integrate evidence at the bedside. Systemic solutions are also proposed for the dissemination of best evidence to facilitate its translation into practice.
Topics: Clinical Decision-Making; Humans; Outcome Assessment, Health Care; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Quality Assurance, Health Care; Quality Improvement; Plastic Surgery Procedures; Surgery, Plastic; Translational Research, Biomedical
PubMed: 30119110
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000004891 -
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Nov 2021
Topics: Clinical Decision-Making; Humans; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Plastic Surgery Procedures; Surgery, Plastic
PubMed: 34699510
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000794928.23166.06 -
The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery Mar 2012
Topics: Humans; Physician-Patient Relations; Professional Misconduct; Professional Practice; Surgery, Plastic
PubMed: 22446417
DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e31824b9c6f