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9건 · 최신순- Labia Appearance and Patient's Perception: The Importance of Investigating Self-Image, Psychosomatic Suffering, and Expectation for Surgery.
- Donation to the university of bologna of the original gaspare tagliacozzi, "De curtorum chirurgia per insitionem".
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Eumorphic Plastic Surgery: Expectation Versus Satisfaction in Body Dysmorphic Disorder.
[BACKGROUND] Eumorphic Plastic Surgery aims at improving the severe psychosocial pain caused by a deformity. Dysmorphopathology is an increasingly relevant problem facing the plastic surgeon. [OBJECTIVE] The aim of this study is to describ…
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Metabolic effects of large-volume liposuction for obese healthy women: a meta-analysis of fasting insulin levels.
[BACKGROUND] Obesity is increasingly frequent in our society and is associated closely with metabolic disorders. As some studies have suggested, removal of fat tissue through liposuction and dermolipectomies may be of some benefit in the im…
- Should plastic surgeons operate on patients diagnosed with body dysmorphic disorders?
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Maxwell Maltz, psychocybernetic plastic surgeon, and personal reflections on dysmorphopathology.
The author presents a biographic sketch of Dr. Maxwell Maltz and some personal reflections on the expectations of dysmorphopathic patients who undergo plastic surgery procedures.Maltz who was born in New York in 1889, gained a B.S. degree i…
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Temporalis muscle hypertrophy: a new plastic surgery procedure.
Bilateral hypertrophy of the temporal muscle can give the impression of a harsh facial appearance that manifests itself as a morphopsychological conflict for the subject involved (Minotaur syndrome). This article describes a new facial aest…
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"Pull-through": a new technique for breast reduction in gynecomastia.
This paper reports a new technique for breast reduction in gynecomastia, removing the glandular parenchyma by pulling it through two incisions previously made for liposuction. These incisions are localized in the anterior axillary pilar are…
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The Minotaur syndrome: plastic surgery of the facial skeleton.
This article remarks on the possibility of recontouring the face by working on the facial skeleton with the sole purpose of softening the facial appearance. The author describes a one-step surgical procedure performed on a 38-year-old man w…