Template May Help Resolve Rhinoplasty Ethical Problems

June 20, 2012 — Few medical procedures are as fraught with ethical quandaries as aesthetic rhinoplasty. Therefore, Kian Karimi, MD, from the Pacific Eye & Ear Specialists, Los Angeles, California, and colleagues provide a new template to help resolve these ethical problems. The template, published online June 18 in the Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery, may help surgeons sort out some of the more difficult questions.

The authors used 15 clinical vignettes to survey fellowship directors and facial plastic surgery fellows of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Their report was based on responses from 30 of 56 (54%) fellowship directors and 26 of 47 (55%) fellows who agreed to participate in the study

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