{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,2]],"date-time":"2022-04-02T23:02:07Z","timestamp":1648940527935},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"Journal of Nepal Medical Association (JNMA)","issue":"237","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2021,5,17]],"date-time":"2021-05-17T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1621209600000},"content-version":"unspecified","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0"}],"content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["J Nepal Med Assoc"],"abstract":"<jats:p>Introduction: The nose is the central most part of the face, so any nasal deformities may cause a high level of psychological distress on one\u2019s quality of life. Septorhinoplasty is a surgical procedure used to correct both functional as well as aesthetic problems of the nose. It enhances facial harmony and increases self-confidence. The objective of this study is to find out the prevalence of out-patients who underwent septorhinoplasty in a tertiary care centre in Nepal.\nMethods: A descriptive cross-sectional study among 5,760 patients who visited the outpatient department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery of Kathmandu Medical College from April 2019 to September 2020. Ethical approval was taken from the Institutional Committee of Kathmandu Medical College. A convenient sampling technique was used. The preoperative and postoperative assessment was done with the help of a rhinoplasty outcome evaluation questionnaire. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences is used for analysis. Point estimate at 95% Confidence Interval was calculated along with frequency and proportion for binary data.\nResults: The prevalence of septorhinoplasty was 117 (2.03%) during the study period (95% Confidence Interval= 1.66-2.40). Among 117 patients, 67 (57.3%) were males and 50 (42.7%) were females. Among 117 patients, 85 (72.6%) patients underwent an open approach, while 32 (27.4%) patients underwent closed approach rhinoplasty for the correction of both aesthetic and functional problems.\nConclusions: This study concludes the prevalence of septorhinoplasty is low which may be due to the COVID-19 pandemic during the study period.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.31729\/jnma.6503","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,5,18]],"date-time":"2021-05-18T10:32:59Z","timestamp":1621333979000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Septorhinoplasty among Patients who Visited the Outpatient Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery of a Tertiary Care Center: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study"],"prefix":"10.31729","volume":"59","author":[{"given":"Nain Bahadur","family":"Mahato","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Deepak","family":"Regmi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Meera","family":"Bista","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"16919","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,5,17]]},"container-title":["Journal of Nepal Medical Association"],"original-title":[],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2021,5,20]],"date-time":"2021-05-20T19:58:14Z","timestamp":1621540694000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"http:\/\/www.jnma.com.np\/jnma\/index.php\/jnma\/article\/view\/6503"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2021,5,17]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"237","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,5,17]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.31729\/jnma.6503","relation":{},"ISSN":["1815-672X","0028-2715"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1815-672X","type":"electronic"},{"value":"0028-2715","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2021,5,17]]}}}