2018, Number 4
Otorrinolaringología 2018; 63 (4)
Use of headband with scale symbol, a simple method for quantitative facial analysis
Torres-Vasconcelos R, Navarro-Anaya G
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ABSTRACT
Background: Aesthetic facial analysis is the method used by facial surgeons to evaluate the patient’s face and thus define their proportions, volume, appearance|symmetry and visible deformities|It is based on the direct clinical examination and photographs.|Objective: To verify that the use of a scale symbol printed on a headband, which the patient uses when taking photographs, is an exact and simple method to perform quantitative facial analysis.
Material and Method: A cross-sectional, descriptive, observational and analytical study was done from January to June 2018, obtaining clinical photographs in patients in their frontal, lateral and three-quarter view under standardized conditions. A headband was placed with a scale symbol, which we knew was 10 mm. The patient held a millimeter rule just in the facial plane where we wanted to measure. On the computer the width of the symbol and the length of 10 mm in the ruler were digitally measured in pixels using the Screen Calipers program. Both results were compared with t Student test.
Material and Method: Ten patients were included. No statistically significant difference was found between the two measurements.
Conclusion: The use of a scale symbol in the headband is a simple and effective method to perform quantitative facial analysis.
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