[Esthetic problems in surgery of the male external genitalia: medico-legal aspects].
The author explains medical meaning of aesthetical function, personal aesthetic compound and a legal meaning of permanent impairment and damage compensation. Scar is the most well-known expression of aesthetical permanent impairment. Italian law privileges face scar, but increased medical liability trials raised the problems of connecting evaluation about skin scars caused by surgical fault. This research work, made in Turin University, introduces fixing method that draw up addition numbers to settle 5 chosen scar parameters: colour, relief, extension, seat, direction (named CRESO in abbreviation).
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Dipartimento di Anatomia, Farmacologia e Medicina Legale, Università di Torino.
D001828:Body Image; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000523:psychology; D004954:Esthetics; D005837:Genitalia, Male / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008318:Malpractice; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000523:psychology; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence