Chieh-Han John Tzou

TL;DR: 3D surface-imaging systems are becoming important in today's plastic surgical set-ups, taking surgeons to a new level of communication with patients, surgical planning and outcome evaluation, and potential users should define their requirements and assignment of 3D surfaces imaging systems in their clinical as research environment before making the final decision for purchase.

TL;DR: The evaluation of facial movements in 24 healthy volunteers showed that sex and age affect facial dynamics, and generated three-dimensional standard values for healthy facial movements.

TL;DR: Qualitative and quantitative studies of the reconstructed lid movements by three-dimensional video analysis support the authors’ clinical concept of temporalis muscle transposition being the first-choice method in adult patients with facial palsy.

TL;DR: The chronologic evolution of 3D surface imaging is recounted, the current status of today's facial surface capturing technology is summarized, and the background information necessary for evaluating the systems and knowledge about the systems they might incorporate into their own practice is provided.

TL;DR: Three-dimensional video analysis provided an exact quantitative documentation of the degree of facial palsy preoperatively and the reconstructed movements, and the value of free functional gracilis muscle transplantation was demonstrated for both variations of the technique.