title: Early Cosmetic Results and Midterm Follow-up Findings of Rhinophyma Patients Treated With High-Frequency Electrosurgery and a Discussion on the Severity Assessment of the Disease.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Different methods can be used in the surgical treatment of patients with rhinophyma. There are limited numbers of reports on high-frequency electrosurgery treatment. In addition, an efficient scoring system is required to evaluate severity of the disease in clinical progress and recurrence after treatment.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  We evaluated patients with rhinophyma who were treated with high-frequency electrosurgery and discussed the methods used to assess severity of the disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data and photos of 13 patients were retrospectively evaluated and scored via 2 different forms of the rhinophyma severity index.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Median rhinophyma severity index scores of patients at first visits were significantly higher than those at second and third visits ( P = .002 and P = .002, respectively). Likewise, median modified rhinophyma severity scores of patients at first visits were significantly higher than those at second and third visits ( P = .001 and P = .001, respectively). Also, there was a strong positive correlation between these 2 assessment methods ( r = 0.838, P < .001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The rhinophyma severity assessment methods used in this study are positively correlated. High-frequency electrosurgery seems to be a procedure that is safe, effective, and relatively cost-effective in the treatment of rhinophyma lesions.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Dermatology, University of Health Sciences, Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Fatih
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Göktay
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Dermatology, Acibadem University Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gamze
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Erfan
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Dermatology, University of Health Sciences, Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Nil Su
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Çelik
authors.affiliation: 3 Department of Dermatology, Bahcelievler Medical Park Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Canan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Öztürk
authors.affiliation: 4 Department of Dermatology, University of Health Sciences, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Tuba
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Doruk
authors.affiliation: 5 Department of Dermatology, Namık Kemal University Faculty of Medicine, Tekirdag, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hülya
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Albayrak
authors.affiliation: 5 Department of Dermatology, Namık Kemal University Faculty of Medicine, Tekirdag, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet Emin
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Yanık
authors.affiliation: 5 Department of Dermatology, Namık Kemal University Faculty of Medicine, Tekirdag, Turkey.
authors.forename: Şule
authors.initials: Ş
authors.lastname: Albayrak
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004598:Electrosurgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009666:Nose / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012224:Rhinophyma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: assessment; high-frequency electrosurgery; rhinophyma; severity; treatment