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Designing CAD/CAM Surgical Guides for Maxillary Reconstruction Using an In-house Approach
Published on: August 24, 2018
Custom-made, 3D, intraoperative surgical guides for nasal reconstruction
Babar Sultan1, Patrick J Byrne
1Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 6th Floor, 601 North Caroline Street, 6252, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
Abstract:
This article presents the use of an intraoperative surgical guide created by 3D laser surface scanning and rapid prototyping. The authors present outcomes of 3 patients in whom the nasal surgical guide was used intraoperatively for reconstruction of full-thickness, complex nasal defects. This effort highlights the multidisciplinary approach involving a surgeon and anaplastologist integrated with the latest technology to provide patients with the best possible outcomes.
