The researchers investigated the factors that influenced the disagreement in satisfaction between surgeons and patients after corrective septorhinoplasty.
Other plastic surgeons assessed surgeon satisfaction by comparing patient photographs at the preoperative and one-year postoperative periods. The ROEO evaluated patient satisfaction before surgery and one year after surgery. The dissatisfied group was defined as showing a negative change or no change in the ROEO quartile between baseline and 12 months after surgery.
Seventy patients were included. No significant differences were observed between the satisfied and dissatisfied groups in sex, marital status, depression history, and considerable anesthetic problems. However, the disappointed group was significantly younger, more likely to be employed, and better educated than the satisfied group. Besides, multivariate logistic regression analysis indicated that being highly educated was a predictor of disagreement in satisfaction between surgeons and patients.
The study concluded that highly educated patients who underwent corrective septorhinoplasty required more detailed preoperative guidance, including complete information on the surgery’s limitations. Further researches are necessary to explore the factors that influenced the disagreement in satisfaction between surgeons and patients after corrective septorhinoplasty.
Reference: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.2500/ajra.2017.31.4473
