{"title":"The use of explanatory models to enhance surgical outcome.","authors":"W W Deardorff, M Sinel","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A case is reported that demonstrates the impact of psychological variables on a patient's reaction to stressful medical procedures. The evaluation and management of psychological variables that might have an effect on treatment outcome is discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":79846,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary orthopaedics","volume":"30 5","pages":"399-402"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1995-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Contemporary orthopaedics","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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A case is reported that demonstrates the impact of psychological variables on a patient's reaction to stressful medical procedures. The evaluation and management of psychological variables that might have an effect on treatment outcome is discussed.