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Babu et al. Five “Ds” of plastic surgery

5. Disfigurement - An aesthetically unacceptable Patient consent
surface abnormality that overlies normal contour. Not appliable.

Any plastic surgery condition can be placed into one Ethics approval
of categories above and managed accordingly. This
five “Ds” concept brings the key elements of the vast Not appliable.
specialty of plastic surgery into focus. It is our hope
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