Use of Routine Prospective Functional and Aesthetic Patient Satisfaction Measurements in Secondary Cleft Lip Rhinoplasty.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Patients, governments, health care providers, and insurance companies show an increased interest in health outcomes, especially in centralized medical care, such as cleft lip nose treatment. Transparent outcome reporting requires a thorough methodological design, dedicated prospective data collection process, and, preferably, no interference with the efficacy of daily practice.

Objective

To describe the implementation of an automated and prospective secondary cleft lip rhinoplasty outcome routine.

Design, setting, and participants

A prospective analytic cohort pilot study was conducted among 123 consecutive patients referred for secondary cleft lip rhinoplasty from July 1, 2014, to March 31, 2018, at an academic teaching hospital.

Exposures

Secondary

SUBMITTER: van Zijl FVWJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6248212 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature