An effective method for videorecording the nasal–dorsal part of a rhinoplasty – a multiple case study

Abstract

Rhinoplasty is a difficult procedure to record for several reasons which include the narrow, dark and deep surgical field cluttered with many instruments, and the heads and hands of the surgical team often blocking the view. This study discusses 13 rhinoplasty cases that were recorded using the authors’ technique. A three-minute, unedited segment was extracted from the mid-portion of each surgical case, and that footage was evaluated by three specialist examiners. Results indicate that the authors’ technique can offer a effective solution in the video recording of the nasal–dorsal part of a rhinoplasty.

Keywords:

• Education
• video
• medical art and illustration
• videoconferencing
• telemedicine

Acknowledgements

The authors would like to express their deep gratitude to İsmail Aydin for his help in the design and production of the handle to fix the tripod in the desired position. We do appreciate the contributions of the jury members, namely Ali Kabaş, Dr Erkan Aktan and Dr Gürsel Turgut for spending their time, energy and expertise in evaluating our video recordings, by which an objective evaluation has been possible. Finally, the work of Ali Baykuş (Empiar İstatistik) has enabled statistical analysis of our results; for that we owe him thanks.

Disclosure statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of this article.