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CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY: THE TEAM APPROACH
Author(s) -
David David John
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1977.tb04267.x
Subject(s) - medicine , multidisciplinary team , craniofacial , craniofacial surgery , multidisciplinary approach , surgical team , medical emergency , general surgery , surgery , nursing , psychiatry , social science , sociology
Craniofacial surgery offers a new hope to some grossly deformed people. This complex surgery, which is based on a multidisciplinary team approach, needs to be carefully rationalized and regionalized to facilitate investigation, to improve planning, to reduce the number of complications, and to conserve financial resources. To date the Cranio‐Facial Clinic at the Adelaide Children's Hospital and the Royal Adelaide Hospital has reviewed 37 cases and operated upon 13 of these. This work is presented together with a review of the team approach.