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Life-size photograph transparencies: a method for the photographic detection and documentation of recovery from facial paralysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Mohamed El-Naggar ,
Brian Rice  and
Vasant Oswal
Mohamed El-Naggar
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, North Riding Infirmary, Middlesbrough, Cleveland.
Brian Rice
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Photography, North Riding Infirmary, Middlesbrough, Cleveland.
Vasant Oswal*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, North Riding Infirmary, Middlesbrough, Cleveland.
*
Mr V. H. Oswal, Consultant ENT Surgeon, North Riding Infirmary, Middlesbrough, Cleveland TS1 5JE
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Abstract

We describe a simple and objective practical method for the detection of recovery from facial paralysis by multiple photographic assessments. The photographs are printed as life-size transparencies representing maximal effort. Each time the patient attends for review the new transparency is overlapped on the previous one and the difference can be detected easily. The prints are filed with the patient's notes for future reference. To achieve this system a specific photographic protocol is mandatory in order to avoid technical artefacts. We believe that this system avoids many of the complexities of other grading systems and is very suitable for use at outpatient follow-up.

Keywords

Facial paralysisPhotography

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Type
Short Communications
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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 109 , Issue 8 , August 1995 , pp. 748 - 750
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1995

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