Key points • The visible surgical result is related to the soft tissue envelope and not the underlying skeletal structures that support the facial surfaces and volumes. • Predicting how…
Key points • Patient-reported outcome instruments (PROIs) are questionnaires that measure concepts by asking patients directly, without clinician interpretation, and should be used to measure procedural outcomes. • The FACE-Q…
Key points • The patient’s perspective and desire must be understood and discussed in detail because they might be different from that of the surgeon’s. • Dental evaluation is crucially…
• The evolution of techniques in reconstructive maxillofacial surgery has led to safe and efficacious surgery of the facial soft tissue, the natural extension of which was surgery purely to…
