A recent feature in a leading national newspaper
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raised concerns that increasing numbers of children and teenagers were undergoing
cosmetic procedures at public expense in National Health Service (NHS) institutions.
The authors expressed concerns about the appropriateness of such surgery in vulnerable
children and implied that the surgery was being offered inappropriately. Of concern
to us, in particular, was the statement that ‘by far the most common cosmetic operation
carried out on children was pinnaplasty’
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under the NHS. Does this statement reflect the current trend in NHS hospital pinnaplasties?To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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- Teenagers go under knife to beat bullies.Scotland on Sunday. Sun 9 Jul 2006;
UK cost for pinnaplasty/otoplasty. Private Healthcare UK.
- Appendix 2 – physical assessment criteria for general practitioners.Plastic surgery – exceptional referrals patient pathway. Centre for Change & Innovation, NHS Scotland, ScotlandApril 2005
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Published online: February 02, 2007
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© 2006 British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
