Customized "In-Office" Three-Dimensional Printing for Virtual Surgical Planning in Craniofacial Surgery

• Published in: The Journal of craniofacial surgery Vol. 26; no. 5; p. 1584
• Main Authors: Mendez, Bernardino M, Chiodo, Michael V, Patel, Parit A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.07.2015
• Subjects: Adult; Blood Loss, Surgical; Bone Transplantation - methods; Child; Computer-Aided Design; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Craniotomy - economics; Craniotomy - methods; Feasibility Studies; Humans; Length of Stay; Male; Models, Anatomic; Operative Time; Patient Care Planning - economics; Printing, Three-Dimensional; Reconstructive Surgical Procedures - economics; Reconstructive Surgical Procedures - methods; Surgery, Computer-Assisted - economics; Surgery, Computer-Assisted - methods; Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods; User-Computer Interface; Workflow

Virtual surgical planning using three-dimensional (3D) printing technology has improved surgical efficiency and precision. A limitation to this technology is that production of 3D surgical models requires a third-party source, leading to increased costs (up to $4000) and prolonged assembly times (av...