title: Rhinoplasty: image and reality.
abstract: The rhinoplasty surgeon must convert a mental image into a surgical reality through aesthetics, anatomy, and analysis. This article attempts to provide a reasoned solution to the recurrent difficulty of progressing from image to reality.
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic Surgery, Hoag Presbyterian Memorial Hospital, Newport Beach, California.
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Daniel
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Farkas
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009295:Nasal Bone / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D009666:Nose / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D012225:Rhinoplasty / Q000379:methods