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Advances in 3D Modeling: Preoperative Templating for Revision Wrist Surgery
Liza Osagie1, Shalin Shaunak1, Aasim Murtaza1
11 St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Background:
Three-dimensional (3D) printing is a computer-directed process leading to the layered synthesis of scaled models. The popularity and availability of the technique has exponentially increased over the last decade, and as such is seeing a greater number of medical and surgical applications.
Methods:
We report 3 cases involving the use of 3D printing as an aid to operative planning in the revision of wrist surgery.
Results:
All patients underwent successful operative interventions with a £34 average cost of model creation.
Conclusions:
A growing number of reports are emerging in reconstructive surgical specialities including maxillofacial, orthopedic, and plastic surgery; from our experience, we advocate the economically viable use of 3D printing for preoperative templating.
