Surgical treatment of rhinophyma.

Rationale: Rhinophyma is a slowly progressive, disfiguring disease of the nose. A variety of surgical techniques have been described for its management, which have had varying success.

Objective: To describe the technique and results of the senior author (P.

Pan-Canadian evaluation of irreversible compression ratios ("lossy" compression) for development of national guidelines.

New technological advancements including multislice CT scanners and functional MRI, have dramatically increased the size and number of digital images generated by medical imaging departments. Despite the fact that the cost of storage is dropping, the savings are largely surpassed by the increasing volume of data being generated. While local area network bandwidth within a hospital is adequate for timely access to imaging data, efficiently moving the data between institutions requires wide area network bandwidth, which has a limited availability at a national level.

Nasal septal perforation repair using an inferior turbinate flap.

Rationale: Nasal septal perforation repair presents a challenging problem to the otolaryngologist. Numerous surgical techniques for the repair of this nasal defect have been described. Although the literature describes great success using the advancement of local mucoperichondrial flaps, it is often difficult to reproduce these results, especially for the closure of larger defects.

Fraser Health PACS project: learning from experience in planning.

Fraser Health is proud of its new imaging technology. Making the transition from film to PACS has proven to be both rewarding and challenging. PACS is now performing as planned, providing physicians and health care providers with a faster, safer, more streamlined imaging service than ever before.

Telemedicine in oral surgery and maxillofacial trauma: a descriptive account.

Trauma patients presenting to emergency rooms (ER) in rural or remote locations have significantly less access to oral and maxillo-facial surgery (OMFS) specialists. In this case, OMFS services at four hospitals were rearranged to concentrate expertise, inpatients, and 24/7 cover on a single site. A Federation (managed clinical network) model was used that improved the management of inpatients and made better use of a small team of junior medical staff.