title: Preoperative rhinoplasty: evaluation and analysis.
abstract: In reality, the process of surgery is initiated at the moment patient and surgeon first meet. Patients arrive as candidates for surgery for a wide variety of reasons; motivational factors must be searched out and thoroughly evaluated by the surgeon. No completely accurate checklist exists to compute the psychologic makeup of individuals who seek facial plastic surgery. Before surgery is contemplated, significant education of patients is essential. This article examines the evaluative and analytical process of preoperative preparation for elective surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Facial Plastic Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Tardy
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dayan
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hecht
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012225:Rhinoplasty / Q000379:methods*