A COMPUTER-AIDED METHOD OF MEASURING NASAL SYMMETRY IN THE CLEFT-LIP NOSE

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COGHLAN, BA [1 ]
LAITUNG, JKG [1 ]
PIGOTT, RW [1 ]
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[1] FRENCHAY HOSP,DEPT PLAST SURG,BRISTOL BS16 1LE,AVON,ENGLAND
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BRITISH JOURNAL OF PLASTIC SURGERY | 1993年 / 46卷 / 01期
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10.1016/0007-1226(93)90058-J
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Objective assessment of the results of cleft lip and nose surgery is necessary to quantify differences between alternative surgical techniques. A previously described method of measuring facial asymmetry has been modified to allow a comparison of differently treated cleft noses (radical nasal correction versus no nasal correction). Standardised, inferior view photographs of 10-year-olds were obtained from patient records. These were projected, traced, digitised and analysed using a BBC microcomputer. A method of excluding the ill-defined nasal baseline by obtaining a mirror-image of the upper nasal perimeter is described. The method has a high degree of inter and intra observer reproducibility.
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