Mark Devlin wins the prestigous 2005 'Arnold Huddart Medal' for a paper entitled "3 Dimensional Stereophotogrammetry. A method of assessing facial symmetry as a surgical outcome in the surgical management of residual nasal deformity using block bone grafting.

Dimensional Stereophotogrammetry.

A method of assessing facial symmetry as a surgical outcome in the surgical management of residual nasal deformity using block bone grafting. The results of a prospective trial.

Aim - To assess 3 Dimensional (3D) facial symmetry in repaired UCLP patients with residual nasal deformity before and after bone grafting to the deficient alar base on the cleft side.

Method - A method of 3-dimensional (3D), quantitative assessment of facial symmetry in patients with treated UCLP deformity is described. The outcome of bone grafting using a cortico-cancellous block of iliac crest to reconstruct the support for the deformed, volume-deficient alar base is assessed using 3D stereophotogrammetry is assessed with specific reference to facial symmetry scoring. Sixteen patients are included in the study. The facial symmetry score using landmark data is assessed pre- and post-operatively.

Results - The reconstruction results in statistically significant improvement in facial symmetry postoperatively as assessed by this method.