title: Standardized terminology for aesthetic ophthalmic plastic surgery.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine whether existing Systemized Nomenclature of Medicine (SNOMED) terminology adequately describes aesthetic concepts commonly encountered in the oculoplastic and facial plastic surgery setting.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a noncomparative case series. A panel of three oculoplastic surgeons compiled a list of unique concepts describing specialized aesthetic terminology commonly encountered in the oculoplastic and facial plastic surgery setting, with a specific focus on anatomic structures and descriptive findings. A standard electronic browser was used to manually search for the existence of equivalent matching concepts in SNOMED. A quality of match score from 1 to 3 was used with values of (1) no match, (2) partial match, and (3) equivalent match.
  
  
  RESULTS
  An assessment of the existing aesthetic terminology revealed that a majority of concepts were not represented. Of 62 total concepts, 68% had no match, 13% had a partial match, and 19% had a complete match.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  SNOMED coverage of aesthetic terminology was less than in previous studies examining content representation for other medical topics. Such findings underscore a need for further development and refinement of aesthetic content.
authors.affiliation: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA.
authors.forename: Seongmu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Angelo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tsirbas
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Goldberg
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: McCann
mesh_terms: D001504:Beauty; D006801:Humans; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D009626:Terminology as Topic