Authors: Gregorio HernandezZendejas Marek K Dobke Jose Guerrerosantos
Publish Date: 2004/07/30
Volume: 28, Issue: 3, Pages: 181-184
Abstract
Endoscopic forehead lift is a wellestablished procedure in aesthetic plastic surgery Many agree that currently available videoendoscopic equipment is bulky multipieced and sometimes cumbersome in the operating theater A novel system the Universal Serial Bus Endoscope USBE was designed to simplify and reduce the number of necessary equipment pieces in the endoscopic setup The USBE is attached by a single cable to a Universal Serial Bus USB port of a laptop computer A builtin miniaturized cold light source provides illumination A builtin digital camera chip enables procedure recording The realtime images and movies obtained with USBE are displayed on the computer’s screen and recorded on the laptop’s hard disk drive In this study 25 patients underwent endoscopic browlift using the USBE system to test its clinical usefulness all with good results and without complications or need for revision The USBE was found to be reliable and easier to use than current videoendoscope equipment The operative time needed to complete the procedure by the authors was reduced approximately 50 The design and main technical characteristics of the USBE are presented
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