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Precise treatment of aortic aneurysm by three-dimensional printing and simulation before endovascular intervention
Ding Yuan1, Han Luo2, Hongliu Yang3
1Department of Vascular Surgery, West China Hospital, Chengdu, P.R. China.
Scientific Reports
|April 13, 2017
Abstract:
In this study, three-dimensional printing (3Dp) models and simulation surgeries (SSs) were applied in two challenging aortic cases. The first was an abdominal aortic aneurysm with a complex neck, and the second was a thoracic aortic dissection aneurysm (TADA) with an angled arch. In order to avoid unpredictable obstacles and difficulties, we made optimal surgical plans by using 3D models and virtual simulations. Based on preoperative evaluation system, the surgical plans seemed more reasonable and time-saving.