Computer-assisted design and rapid prototype modeling in microvascular mandible reconstruction

• Published in: The Laryngoscope Vol. 123; no. 3; p. 597
• Main Authors: Hanasono, Matthew M, Skoracki, Roman J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.03.2013
• Subjects: Aged; Ameloblastoma - surgery; Bone Plates; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - surgery; Case-Control Studies; Computer-Aided Design; Debridement; Female; Fractures, Spontaneous - surgery; Free Tissue Flaps; Head and Neck Neoplasms - surgery; Humans; Male; Mandible - pathology; Mandible - surgery; Mandibular Fractures - surgery; Mandibular Neoplasms - surgery; Microsurgery; Middle Aged; Osteoradionecrosis - surgery; Osteosarcoma - surgery; Reconstructive Surgical Procedures - methods; Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck

To evaluate the use of computer-assisted design and rapid prototype modeling to improve the speed and accuracy of mandibular reconstruction. Case-control study. Between 2005 and 2011, 38 subjects underwent fibula free flap mandibular reconstruction using computer-assisted design and rapid prototype...