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Eight renowned surgeons responded to questions centering on "difficult patients" in facial plastic surgery. Questions ranged from, "How do you manage a postoperative patient who looks 'OK,' if not great, to you but complains about the result?" to "What 'pearl of advice' would you offer a novice surgeon on how to best avoid difficult situations with their patients?" The surgeons taking part in the discussion, from different practices in different parts of the country, provided a lively discussion based on their years of experience.
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Comunicación , Relaciones Interprofesionales , Pacientes , Cirugía Plástica , Humanos , Satisfacción del PacienteRESUMEN
As is true in other areas of the face, gravity eventually results in stretching of the cutaneous portion of the upper lip. Although the lip-lift procedure was described almost 30 years ago, only a limited number of surgeons are familiar with the technique. The procedure is simple and effective, involving removal of an ellipse of skin and subcutaneous tissue from the portion of the upper lip immediately below the nostril base, and can be adjunctive to other rejuvenation procedures. This article discusses patient selection, technique, and ideal results for subnasal lip lift.
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Ritidoplastia/métodos , Envejecimiento de la Piel , Humanos , Boca , NarizRESUMEN
Brian P. Maloney, William Truswell IV, and S. Randolph Waldman, address questions for discussion and debate:
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Técnicas Cosméticas , Labio/cirugía , Técnicas Cosméticas/instrumentación , Técnicas Cosméticas/tendencias , Estética , Humanos , Labio/anatomía & histología , Prótesis e Implantes , Colgajos QuirúrgicosRESUMEN
This article is a summary of the key elements presented during the conference held as part of the Practice Management and Development course sponsored by the Multi-Specialty Foundation in Las Vegas, Nevada in 2009. This article represents an amalgam of perspectives from practices across the United States. The Office Managers' Forum brought together the office managers and surgeons from practices across the United States as panelists. The panelists answered a multitude of practice management questions that included wide-ranging topics such as accounting and financing, staff well being, working with a spouse, hiring and firing, staff meetings, accreditation, motivation, and problems and perks specifically associated with a facial plastic surgery practice.