논문 목록
4건 · 최신순-
Psychosocial adjustment of 20 patients with Treacher Collins syndrome before and after reconstructive surgery.
Eight males and 12 females (mean age, 12.2 years) with Treacher Collins syndrome were studied longitudinally before and after craniofacial reconstruction. The patients and the parents of the 16 patients who were children were interviewed by…
-
Beauty and the eye of the beholder: social consequences and personal adjustments for facial patients.
Patients' pre- and postoperative self-reports were compared with reports of non-medical observers to investigate whether improved self-esteem is a direct result of increased social acceptance in maxillo- and craniofacial patients. Twenty-tw…
-
Fact and fantasy: psychosocial consequences of facial surgery in 24 Down syndrome children.
Twenty-four children with Down syndrome were evaluated to investigate whether appearance, family functioning and intellectual functioning improved after facial reconstruction. Pre- and postoperatively, families were interviewed by a psychos…
-
A psychiatric profile before and after reconstructive surgery in children with Apert's syndrome.
Twenty-five children with Apert's syndrome, characterised by craniosynostosis and symmetrical syndactyly of hands and feet, were seen by a psychosocial team. The patients ranged in age from 1 month to 15 years. All had undergone synostosis …