Dynamic Video-Photograph Studio: A New Rhinoplasty Documentation.

BACKGROUND

Photographic documentation of the nose is the standard procedure for many surgeons who perform rhinoplasty across the world. One of the most challenging views in the photograph documentation is the frontal view that requires special photographic skills and may create a bias. Our dynamic video recording process allows us to improve the quality of patient evaluation, making the assessment more convenient and enabling the documentation of high-level rhinoplasty database.

OBJECTIVES

Our main goal was to present our selected video recording process that ensures standardized, high-quality documentation of the data from rhinoplasty patients. As per our knowledge, this tool has not been published before.

METHODS

We have invented a rotational platform-based chair that allows us to make a dynamic evaluation of the patients under standardized photograph settings (patient's position, camera, and lighting features) through a video recording.

RESULTS

We demonstrated that the quality of our rotational video recording process is similar to that of standardized photographs. However, this additional dynamic evaluation helps to avoid Photoshop® corrections which may result in bias.

CONCLUSIONS

This high-quality patient evaluation represents advancement in the photograph-documentation process in the modern era of rhinoplasty. This new dynamic video recording process prevents image misinterpretation, helps improve the quality of patient evaluations, makes the process more convenient, and enables the documentation of high-quality data for rhinoplasty patients. Moreover, this new recording process is an excellent tool for educational purposes and presentations.

LEVEL OF EVIDENCE V

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