%0 Journal Article
%T Avalia£¿£¿o da satisfa£¿£¿o a longo prazo dos pacientes submetidos a rinoplastia no Servi£¿o de Cirurgia Pl¨¢stica da Santa Casa de Miseric¨®rdia de Porto Alegre
%A Pereira Filho
%A Gustavo de Azambuja
%A Valiati
%A Andr¨¦ Alves
%A Minuzzi
%A Ant£¿nio Carlos Schilling
%A Cunha
%A Tiago Falc£¿o
%A Pires
%A Jefferson Andr¨¦
%A Garcia
%A Adriano C.
%A Steffen
%A N¨ªveo
%A Ely
%A Pedro Bins
%J Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Pl¨¢stica
%D 2011
%I Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Pl¨¢stica
%R 10.1590/S1983-51752011000400014
%X background: there are currently few studies assessing patient satisfaction after rhinoplasty or other aesthetic procedures. this is a retrospective study of patient satisfaction after rhinoplasty performed at the plastic surgery department of santa casa de miseric¨®rdia de porto alegre. methods: all (n = 119) patients who underwent rhinoplasty at the plastic surgery department of santa casa de miseric¨®rdia de porto alegre between 2007 and 2009 were requested to fill out a validated questionnaire to assess the degree of postoperative satisfaction. results: sixty (50.42%) patients were included in the study. the global satisfaction index with respect to the aesthetic and functional results showed that 85.48% of the patients were satisfied; 88.3% of patients were pleased with the aesthetic results, and 83.3% reported satisfactory functional results and could breathe easily. regarding the impression of the patients' family and friends, 93.3% reported that they were completely pleased; 93.3% reported that the postoperative nasal form rarely or never limited social or professional activities; 75% of the patients were completely confident that nasal appearance was the best possible, while 76.7% reported that their nasal appearance could not be changed by another surgery and 83.4% did not believe that nasal function could be changed with another surgery. conclusions: rhinoplasty performed at the plastic surgery department of santa casa de miseric¨®rdia de porto alegre resulted in a high level of patient satisfaction.
%K rhinoplasty
%K patient satisfaction
%K outcome assessment
%K questionnaires.
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