Satisfaction with facial laceration repair by provider specialty in the emergency department

Autor: Sang-Jae Lee, Young-Duck Cho, Sung-Jun Park, Jung-Youn Kim, Young-Hoon Yoon, Sung-Hyuk Choi
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine, Vol 2, Iss 3, Pp 179-183 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2383-4625
DOI: 10.15441/ceem.15.050
Popis: Objective We compared patient satisfaction with scarring after facial laceration repair in the emergency department (ED) based on the specialty of the provider. Methods Patients with facial lacerations admitted to the ED from 2009 to 2013 were divided into two groups. One group of patients underwent repair by an emergency physician (EP) and the other by a plastic surgeon (PS). From August 2014 to September 2014, we randomly selected 10% of all patients and assessed their degree of satisfaction with scarring over the phone using a 5-point Likert scale. Results The male to female ratio was 2.81 in the EP group and 2.05 in PS (P
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