Murphy’s Law and Aesthetic Surgery: Are Outcomes Worse in Medical Doctor and Very Important Patients?
<i>Background and Objectives</i>: Surgeons have long been aware of Murphy’s Law: “If anything can go wrong, it will”. When applied to surgery, Murphy’s Law suggests that if there is a way that an operation can be set up incorrectly then someday, somewhere, it will be set up incorrectly....
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| author | Nicola Zingaretti Francesco De Francesco Michele Riccio Massimo Robiony Alessandro Tel Salvatore Sembronio Lavinia Bucciarelli Pier Camillo Parodi |
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| description | <i>Background and Objectives</i>: Surgeons have long been aware of Murphy’s Law: “If anything can go wrong, it will”. When applied to surgery, Murphy’s Law suggests that if there is a way that an operation can be set up incorrectly then someday, somewhere, it will be set up incorrectly. This paper focuses on complications in medical doctor (MD) and VIPs during aesthetic surgery. <i>Materials and Methods</i>: We evaluated the clinical results of 368 MDs/VIPs (group 1) and 368 non-MDs/VIPs (group 2) who underwent aesthetic surgery (upper blepharoplasty, facelift, breast augmentation) between January 2010 and September 2021. The minimum follow-up after surgery was 2 years. <i>Results</i>: There was no statistically significant difference in the rate of complications between the two groups. Among the treated patients, the percentage of complications was similar to what has been reported in the literature. Interestingly, the time spent in surgery was longer, and there was an increased number of admissions to outpatient clinics in group 1. <i>Conclusions</i>: We suggest changing the current perception of Murphy’s Law regarding complications in MD patients/VIPs undergoing aesthetic surgery. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e00ed51dde7048ca830e41328d7cbffa2024-11-26T18:12:30ZengMDPI AGMedicina1010-660X1648-91442024-11-016011180710.3390/medicina60111807Murphy’s Law and Aesthetic Surgery: Are Outcomes Worse in Medical Doctor and Very Important Patients?Nicola Zingaretti0Francesco De Francesco1Michele Riccio2Massimo Robiony3Alessandro Tel4Salvatore Sembronio5Lavinia Bucciarelli6Pier Camillo Parodi7Department of Medicine (DMED), Clinic of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Academic Hospital of Udine, University of Udine, 33100 Udine, ItalyDepartment of Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria “Ospedali Riuniti”, 60126 Ancona, ItalyDepartment of Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria “Ospedali Riuniti”, 60126 Ancona, ItalyMaxillofacial Surgery Department, Academic Hospital of Udine, Department of Medicine (DMED), University of Udine, 33100 Udine, ItalyMaxillofacial Surgery Department, Academic Hospital of Udine, Department of Medicine (DMED), University of Udine, 33100 Udine, ItalyMaxillofacial Surgery Department, Academic Hospital of Udine, Department of Medicine (DMED), University of Udine, 33100 Udine, ItalySchool of Psychology, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, ItalyDepartment of Medicine (DMED), Clinic of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Academic Hospital of Udine, University of Udine, 33100 Udine, Italy<i>Background and Objectives</i>: Surgeons have long been aware of Murphy’s Law: “If anything can go wrong, it will”. When applied to surgery, Murphy’s Law suggests that if there is a way that an operation can be set up incorrectly then someday, somewhere, it will be set up incorrectly. This paper focuses on complications in medical doctor (MD) and VIPs during aesthetic surgery. <i>Materials and Methods</i>: We evaluated the clinical results of 368 MDs/VIPs (group 1) and 368 non-MDs/VIPs (group 2) who underwent aesthetic surgery (upper blepharoplasty, facelift, breast augmentation) between January 2010 and September 2021. The minimum follow-up after surgery was 2 years. <i>Results</i>: There was no statistically significant difference in the rate of complications between the two groups. Among the treated patients, the percentage of complications was similar to what has been reported in the literature. Interestingly, the time spent in surgery was longer, and there was an increased number of admissions to outpatient clinics in group 1. <i>Conclusions</i>: We suggest changing the current perception of Murphy’s Law regarding complications in MD patients/VIPs undergoing aesthetic surgery.https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/60/11/1807Murphy’s LawVIPcomplicationspatient safetyaesthetic surgeryinfluential patients |
| spellingShingle | Nicola Zingaretti Francesco De Francesco Michele Riccio Massimo Robiony Alessandro Tel Salvatore Sembronio Lavinia Bucciarelli Pier Camillo Parodi Murphy’s Law and Aesthetic Surgery: Are Outcomes Worse in Medical Doctor and Very Important Patients? Medicina Murphy’s Law VIP complications patient safety aesthetic surgery influential patients |
| title | Murphy’s Law and Aesthetic Surgery: Are Outcomes Worse in Medical Doctor and Very Important Patients? |
| title_full | Murphy’s Law and Aesthetic Surgery: Are Outcomes Worse in Medical Doctor and Very Important Patients? |
| title_fullStr | Murphy’s Law and Aesthetic Surgery: Are Outcomes Worse in Medical Doctor and Very Important Patients? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Murphy’s Law and Aesthetic Surgery: Are Outcomes Worse in Medical Doctor and Very Important Patients? |
| title_short | Murphy’s Law and Aesthetic Surgery: Are Outcomes Worse in Medical Doctor and Very Important Patients? |
| title_sort | murphy s law and aesthetic surgery are outcomes worse in medical doctor and very important patients |
| topic | Murphy’s Law VIP complications patient safety aesthetic surgery influential patients |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/60/11/1807 |
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