Motivation for rhinoplasty: Changes in 5970 cases, in three groups, 1964 to 1997

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 420-424

  Shulman, Ori ^a,b   Westreich, Melvyn ^a   Shulman, Joshaphat ^a  

^a Department of Surgery A ^*

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Motivations for surgery; Nasal; Rhinoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; NOSE RECONSTRUCTION; OBSERVATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; RHINOPLASTY; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032407836     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002669900227     Document Type: Article

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