FPSAM Facial Plastic Surgery and Aesthetic Medicine · 2026

Videography of the Nose and Face for Rhinoplasty and Facial Plastic Surgery: Which Method Is the Best?

Açık Y, Parıltay E, Apaydın F.

PubMed 42200282 Publisher (DOI)

What this paper says

Comparing four filming platforms and five cameras for recording the nose before rhinoplasty, a purpose-built imaging apparatus gave the best balance of stability, framing and a five-minute setup.

Overview

Still photographs cannot show how the nose moves: how the tip drops on smiling, how the nostril rim draws in on breathing. The authors tested four recording platforms and five devices against practical criteria: stabilisation, ability to keep the subject centred, setup time and clinical practicality.

Sections of note

Four platforms and five recording devices were compared.
The gimbal system set up quickly but had trouble keeping the subject centred and holding manual stability.
The rotating platform and spinning rig gave high stability and image quality but took up space and took long to set up.
The specially designed imaging apparatus balanced patient and camera stability with a five-minute setup, and was chosen as most suitable.
Best image quality among the cameras came from a 61 megapixel full-frame Sony with a 24 to 70 mm lens.
The abstract states no scoring method, no number of subjects filmed and no blinded assessment.

What it means for a patient

Video documentation before surgery records dynamic features that photographs miss, which matters for tip movement and nostril collapse.
This paper is about equipment and workflow in the clinic, not about surgical results.
The comparison is a practical assessment by one group, with no measured scores reported in the abstract.

Why this paper matters

Standardised imaging is the basis of honest before-and-after comparison, and video is not yet standardised in rhinoplasty. This proposes a workable protocol. Whether video changes surgical planning or outcomes is not tested.

Terms

Videography: recording moving images, as opposed to still photography.
Gimbal: a motorised mount that stabilises a camera as it moves.
Motion artifact: blur or distortion caused by movement during recording.
Full-frame: a camera sensor the size of 35 mm film, giving higher image quality.
Standardised documentation: photographs or video taken to a fixed protocol so cases can be compared.

Summary written by rhinoplasty.cc from the abstract, 2026-09-09; not medical advice. The authors' own abstract follows.

From the abstract

“While static photography remains the gold standard, its inability to capture dynamic nasal structures necessitates standardized preoperative videographic documentation in rhinoplasty. Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of four platforms and five recording devices in establishing a standardized rhinoplasty…”

Excerpt; the full abstract is on PubMed.