Infectious complications related to medical tourism

A Pavli, HC Maltezou - Journal of Travel Medicine, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Medical tourism has been increasing dramatically globally, with people
travelling from developed countries to low-income or middle-income countries, often to avoid …

Injuries and medical emergencies among international travellers

M Potin, PN Carron, B Genton - Journal of travel medicine, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Background Tropical infectious diseases and vaccine-preventable emergencies are the
mainstay of pre-travel consultations. However, non-communicable diseases, injuries and …

Infective complications of cosmetic tourism: A systematic literature review

R Gilardi, L Galassi, M Del Bene, G Firmani… - Journal of Plastic …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Cosmetic tourism has increased dramatically over the years. We performed a
systematic review of the literature to find reports of infective complications following cosmetic …

Psychometric properties of a Romanian translation of the acceptance of cosmetic surgery scale (ACSS): an examination using bifactor exploratory structural equation …

G Lazarescu, C Maïano, M Vintilă, C Goian, V Swami - Body Image, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Acceptance of Cosmetic Surgery Scale (ACSS; Henderson-King & Henderson-
King, 2005) is a widely used measure for the assessment of attitudes toward cosmetic …

Complications of aesthetic surgical tourism treated in the USA: a systematic review

PB McAuliffe, TEL Muss, AA Desai, AA Talwar… - Aesthetic Plastic …, 2023 - Springer
Background Medical tourism has grown increasingly popular in the past few decades.
Cosmetic surgery centers have developed in vacation locales, offering procedures at lower …

Health and wellness–related travel: A scoping study of the literature in 2010-2018

L Kemppainen, V Koskinen, H Bergroth… - Sage …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Health and wellness–related travel, also known as medical tourism, is a topical
phenomenon with a wide range of effects in both local and transnational contexts. This …

Current knowledge and future research directions of medical tourism: insights from a bibliometric analysis

N Dhakate, R Joshi, F Ali, S Kumar - Asia Pacific Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The increasing number of published articles indicate the growth in the literature on medical
tourism (MT). Using the performance analysis, we identify publication trends, most-cited …

The ever-present costs of cosmetic surgery tourism: a 5-year observational study

N Henry, H Abed, R Warner - Aesthetic plastic surgery, 2021 - Springer
Background Cosmetic surgery tourism is an ever-growing industry. Despite its associated
risks, an increasing number of patients are presenting to NHS services with resulting …

Medical Tourism and Communication

A Mason - Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication, 2023 - oxfordre.com
Medical tourism (MT), sometimes referred to as health tourism or medical travel, involves
both the treatment of illness and the facilitation of wellness, with travel. Medical tourism is a …

Complications arising from aesthetic surgery procedures in foreign countries and Switzerland

CE Hummel, HJ Klein, P Giovanoli… - Swiss Medical …, 2023 - zora.uzh.ch
BACKGROUND: Cosmetic surgery tourism has increased in popularity in recent years, with
arising complications and post-operative follow-up care often managed in the client's home …