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A Complication of Modern Surgery?

Mary Ruth Wright, PhD

Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1986;112(8):870-872.

Abstract
• Today the concept of surgery has changed dramatically. No longer is surgery limited to emergency or lifesaving procedures. We now have surgery by choice, which, despite marked advantages, may well encourage a certain type of individual to have surgery for reasons for which it is not intended. This article discusses the underlying characteristics of the patient who seeks repetitive surgery. The author points out that it is the surgeon's, not the patient's, responsibility to prevent unnecessary surgery.

(Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1986;112:870-872)

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Communicative Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Dec 23, 1985.

Presented in part at the spring meeting of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Palm Beach, Fla, May 10, 1986.

Reprint requests to 633 Hermann Professional Bldg, Texas Medical Center, Houston, TX 77030 (Dr Wright).

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