Scientific article
Meta-analysis
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Population perception of surgical safety and body image trauma: a plea for scarless surgery?

Published inSurgical endoscopy, vol. 25, no. 2, p. 408-415
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  • Open Access - Licence nationale Springer
Publication date2011
Abstract

Laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS) and natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) are prospected as the future of minimally invasive surgery. While scarless surgery (NOTES and LESS) is gaining increasing popularity, perception of these approaches should be investigated.

Keywords
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Age Factors
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Attitude of Health Personnel
  • Body Image
  • Cicatrix/prevention & control
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Esthetics
  • Female
  • Forecasting
  • Humans
  • Laparoscopes
  • Laparoscopy/methods/trends
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Natural Orifice Endoscopic Surgery/methods
  • Patient Satisfaction/statistics & numerical data
  • Perception
  • Questionnaires
  • Risk Assessment
  • Sex Factors
  • Surgical Procedures, Minimally Invasive/methods/trends
  • United States
  • Young Adult
Citation (ISO format)
BUCHER, Pascal Alain Robert et al. Population perception of surgical safety and body image trauma: a plea for scarless surgery? In: Surgical endoscopy, 2011, vol. 25, n° 2, p. 408–415. doi: 10.1007/s00464-010-1180-1
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Journal ISSN0930-2794
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