title: Rhinoplasty update: preoperative evaluation of 4,040 cases.
abstract: A total of 4,040 cases of cosmetic rhinoplasty surgery was evaluated in terms of sex distribution, age, marital status, and motivating factors. There was a male to female ratio of 1:15.9. Of the 1,880 patients operated on between 1975 and 1980, there were 40.2% females and 33.3% males over the age of 24 years. This is an increase over a previous patient group of 2,160 patients treated between 1964 and 1974, in which older women comprised 26.8% and older men 24% of those treated. The proportion of married patients has increased since 1975, with 29.1% of the women married and 11.4% of the men (versus 18.6% and 4.8%, respectively, for the earlier period). Motivating factors included the patient's own desire for a change, external influences such as advice from family or friends, and observation of someone who had undergone rhinoplasty successfully.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012225:Rhinoplasty / Q000523:psychology*; D012744:Sex Ratio