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Abstract
There is a need to be able to assess the overall result in a significant series of cases of a method of management of the cleft lip and nose deformity in order to avoid “best case” reporting often used to introduce new techniques. The present study was performed by a panel placing standardised base view photographs in rank order. The photographs were of 10-year-old subjects of whom 15 were normal controls, 22 were from the Rikshospitalet, Oslo, all of whom had no primary nasal correction and 25 from Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, who all had radical primary nasal correction.
Ranking was performed for upper nasal perimeter symmetry, nostril outline symmetry and for overall aesthetic appearance. Analysis of the results showed a significant difference between the three groups, with the corrected noses showing better symmetry. Inter and intraobserver correlations were very close.
The limitations of a ranking and marking method of panel assessment are discussed, and a computerised method is presented in subsequent papers.
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Publication history
Accepted:
March 23,
1992
Received:
October 15,
1991
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© 1993 The British Association of Plastic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc.
