Which Patients Can’t Get No Satisfaction? Plastic Surgery Hot Topics with Rod J. Rohrich, MD

In this video, Rod J. Rohrich, MD, Editor-in-Chief of "Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery," discusses whether patients’ personality traits, psychiatric states, or decision-making styles can predict satisfaction following facial plastic surgery.

Read the December 2019 PRS #PlasticSurgery article, "How Patient Decision-Making Characteristics Affect Satisfaction in Facial Plastic Surgery: A Prospective Pilot Study" by Oliver, Menapace, Staab, Friedman, Recker, and Hamilton.

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