Building a virtuous cycle of surgical cleft-craniofacial care by combining surgeon centered outcome and patient reported outcome measures

In the mid-1950s and 1960s, Drs. Millard and Tessier revolutionized the treatment of cleft and craniofacial deformities. Since then, incredible advances have been established in the field of cleft-craniofacial surgery, but the surgeon-centered outcome measures have remained unchanged. The surgeon-based perceptions and judgments exposed in scientific meetings and articles have persistently been based on declarations of successful treatments such as “my surgery changed patients’ appearance”. The motto “show me your best result” was typically adopted by surgeons to judge their peers.
Source: Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery - Category: Cosmetic Surgery Authors: Tags: Correspondence and Communications Source Type: research