Correction to: The Role of Skin Thickness in the Choice of a Rhinoplasty Technique for Thin-Skinned Patients: Analysis of Long-Term Results and Patient Satisfaction

Overview

This record is a correction notice, not new research. It attaches to the randomized study of camouflage techniques in thin-skinned rhinoplasty patients by the same authors. The correction concerns copyright over the outcome instrument used, not the study's findings.

Sections of note

• The authors wish to make a clarification about the instrument used in their article.
• FACE-Q is a trademarked patient-reported outcome instrument.
• The Satisfaction with Nose scale described and reproduced in the article is similarly trademarked.
• Copyright is retained by the Q-Portfolio.
• Readers wishing to use FACE-Q in research or clinical practice are directed to www.qportfolio.org for license permission.
• Reproduction of FACE-Q in publications without prior permission is not permitted.
• No clinical data, patient numbers, or results appear in this notice.

What it means for a patient

• Nothing clinical follows from this record.
• It concerns permission to reproduce a questionnaire, not the validity of the study's results.
• The original article, not this notice, carries the randomized comparison of camouflage techniques.

Why this paper matters

Correction notices form part of the published record and are indexed alongside the original article. This one clarifies licensing of a widely used outcome instrument, which affects other researchers wanting to use it. It changes nothing about the original study's conclusions.

Terms

• Correction notice: A published amendment to an already published article.
• FACE-Q: A modular validated questionnaire covering facial appearance outcomes.
• Patient-reported outcome instrument: A questionnaire a patient completes about their own condition.
• Trademark: A legally protected name or mark.
• License: Formal permission to use protected material.