Photographic Standards for Patients With Facial Palsy and Recommendations by Members of the Sir Charles Bell Society.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

There is no widely accepted assessment tool or common language used by clinicians caring for patients with facial palsy, making exchange of information challenging. Standardized photography may represent such a language and is imperative for precise exchange of information and comparison of outcomes in this special patient population.

Objectives

To review the literature to evaluate the use of facial photography in the management of patients with facial palsy and to examine the use of photography in documenting facial nerve function among members of the Sir Charles Bell Society-a group of medical professionals dedicated to care of patients with facial palsy.

Design, setting, and participants

A literature search was performed to review photographic standards

SUBMITTER: Santosa KB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5697767 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature