Computer Modelling Using 2D and 3D Photographs of Patients Faces to Improve Surgical Reconstructive Planning in a Clinical Case Series of Patients With Facial Defects and Improve Patient Satisfaction
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 10
- 主要终点
- To determine if increasing utilisation of 3D photography and computer modelling in facial reconstructive surgery changes patient satisfaction during their reconstructive journey.
研究概览
简要总结
The aim of this study is to improve patient satisfaction and outcomes in facial reconstructive surgery by using 3D clinical photography and computer modelling to help illustrate and plan the patients' reconstructive journey.
It will be conducted at the Royal Free Hospital department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, where patients with facial deformities or suspected diagnoses of skin cancer will be referred from their GP or dermatology services. As is routine standard of care, they will be reviewed in outpatient settings and the next management steps initiated. Our study will introduce compulsory 2D and 3D photography and patient satisfaction questionnaires. The photographs will be used to sit down with the participant and illustrate the intended surgical reconstruction, keeping them up to date and fully informed of the surgical plan. The questionnaire, FACE-Q, already validated for facial skin cancer surgery and reconstruction, will be used to assess their satisfaction at each stage of their reconstructive journey.
The results of the study will benefit each participant and illustrate an improvement in satisfaction so that such 3D photography, surgical planning with computer models produced by these 3D images will become a routine part of future patients with facial disfigurement or cancer requiring reconstruction.
This study will form part of a PhD academic qualification at UCL for one of the research registrars.
详细描述
Setting: Royal Free Hospital, London. Single site. Study Population: Adult patients aged over 18 presenting with;
• Facial defects resulting from cancer or trauma
Consent from the patients will be obtained as soon as possible, during outpatient consultation.
Study design: observational case series, feasibility study. As this is an open observational study, there will be no randomization. As numbers of participant's attending with facial skin cancer defects requiring reconstruction is small, there will not be any sampling.
Expected number of participants: 10. Number determined after discussion with Chief Investigators as adequate to determine feasibility or incorporating 3D photography, computer modelling and questionnaires to improve satisfaction. Statistical input from supervisor and chief investigator, Professor Eva Krumhuber, department of experimental psychology.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Case Only
- 时间视角
- Prospective
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Participants requiring to undergo facial reconstructive surgery as a result of defects from cancer, trauma or congenital abnormality.
- •Participants aged 18 years old or over
排除标准
- •If unable to provide written informed consent.
- •Younger than 18 years.
- •Patients with lesions or defects on the scalp, ears or neck
结局指标
主要结局
To determine if increasing utilisation of 3D photography and computer modelling in facial reconstructive surgery changes patient satisfaction during their reconstructive journey.
时间窗: at start of study at at 6 months
using the validated FACE-Q questionnaire for patients with skin cancer
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Prateush Singh
NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow
Royal Free Hospital NHS Foundation Trust