WORLD JOURNAL OF PLASTIC SURGERY

en Radix's Importance for Plastic Surgeons: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study تخصصي Special مقالات اصيل Original Article Background: Considering the importance of the nose in the beauty of the face, accurate and systematic three-dimensional nasal analysis of the nose before the procedure is essential. The radix, and so the nasofrontal and nasofacial angles, play an essential role in forming an aesthetically pleasing nose because they influence the length and projection of the nose. We aimed to measure information about the pre-operative radix position in our region. Method: Pre-operative images were taken from our cases in the profile view. A checklist including radix location and projection, nasofrontal angle, and nasofacial angle were extracted from these images. Results: Overall, 200 (100 males and 100 females) cases were enrolled. Thirty-two male cases and 48 females had abnormal radix position.  Radix projection were normal in only 36 male cases and 18 females. The mean nasofrontal angle in the male and female groups was 119.2 and 128.2 respectively. The mean nasofacial angle was 29.8 in the female groups and 32.6 in the male group. Conclusion: The reality of the current society of Iranian patients can be very different from the predictions of surgeons and can be far away from the statistics mentioned in western books. We tried to notify surgeons to thoroughly examine the patients prior to surgical operation by measuring parameters such as projection and position of the radix and nasofrontal and nasofacial angles.   Augmentation, Nasofrontal angle, Radix, Rhinoplasty, Nasofacial angle 39 43 http://wjps.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-858-4&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Gholamreza Motazedian 100319475328460015745 100319475328460015745 No Burn and Wound Healing Research Centre, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Ward, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Parsa Yazdanphanahi 100319475328460015746 100319475328460015746 No Student Research Committee, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Ebtesam Jabbarinia 100319475328460015747 100319475328460015747 No Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Ali Kaviani 100319475328460015748 100319475328460015748 No Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Fateme Salari 100319475328460015749 100319475328460015749 No Trauma Research Center, Shahid Rajaee (Emtiaz) Trauma Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Farnaz Atighi 100319475328460015750 100319475328460015750 No Student Research Committee, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Mohammadreza Keshtkar 100319475328460015751 100319475328460015751 No Dental Students Research Center, Faculty of Dentistry, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran Alireza Keshtkar 100319475328460015752 100319475328460015752 Yes Student Research Committee, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran