Cobo Roxana
Facial Plastic Surgery, Chief Service of Otolaryngology, Centro Médico Imbanaco, Cali, Colombia.
Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2008 Aug;16(4):369-75. doi: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e3283071426.
Increasingly, more Hispanic patients worldwide are seeking cosmetic procedures. Of these, many are facial procedures, most commonly rhinoplasties. With the increasing demand to perform these procedures, it becomes imperative to try to gain knowledge in the area and offer patients the best possible surgical option for their needs.
Hispanic patients, also known as mestizo patients are a growing ethnic group worldwide. Today emphasis is placed on evaluating the different facial characteristics, defining the specific problems encountered and having an armamentarium of surgical options to offer. This is especially true when performing rhinoplasty, one of the most common facial plastic procedures performed today in the Hispanic or mestizo population.
Facial aesthetic surgery, especially rhinoplasties in Hispanic patients should be performed after evaluating the patient's specific facial characteristics, making an adequate diagnosis of the existing problems and offering the patient surgical options that comply with their aesthetic ideal.
全球越来越多的西班牙裔患者寻求美容手术。其中，许多是面部手术，最常见的是隆鼻手术。随着进行这些手术的需求不断增加，努力获取该领域的知识并为患者提供最符合其需求的手术选择变得势在必行。
西班牙裔患者，也被称为混血患者，是全球一个不断壮大的种族群体。如今，重点在于评估不同的面部特征，明确遇到的具体问题，并拥有一系列可供选择的手术方案。在进行隆鼻手术时尤其如此，隆鼻是当今西班牙裔或混血人群中最常见的面部整形手术之一。
面部美容手术，尤其是西班牙裔患者的隆鼻手术，应在评估患者的具体面部特征、对现有问题做出充分诊断并为患者提供符合其审美理想的手术选择后进行。
