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Arch Facial Plast Surg. 2005;7:143-144.

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An insightful survey of the perceptions regarding facial plastic surgery among Dutch otolaryngologists is represented by van Pinxteren and colleagues in this issue of the ARCHIVES.¹ With an enthusiastic 71% response to their survey, they received information and opinions of 335 otolaryngologists including 60 residents in training.

The survey divided the respondents into groups by years of experience and directed questions in the survey in 4 tracks: work setting; proportion of facial plastic surgery in their practice; education and training in facial plastic surgery; and attitudes for facial plastic surgery in the future. The results are interesting from several perspectives. First, there is an interesting parallel between the present state of facial plastic surgery in the Netherlands and the situations and experiences in Canada and the United States some 2 decades ago. For example, the authors found that most respondents (62%) performed facial plastic procedures "from time to . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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J. Regan Thomas, MD

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