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Clavicle Fracture Malunion Treated with an Osteotomy Guided by a Three-Dimensional-Printed Model: A Case Report
Jonathan W Cheah1, Jeremy Z Goodman1, Alexis C Dang1,2
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, California.
Case:
This case report describes the management of a chronic and symptomatic clavicle malunion with use of a 3-dimensional (3D)-printed model during the preoperative surgical planning.
Conclusion:
The use of 3D printing has many applications in the medical field. Constant improvement in the quality of 3D printing has contributed to its increased use in a variety of surgeries. In our patient, 3D printing was used to generate a surface model of the clavicle fracture malunion and the "mirrored" contralateral healthy clavicle to plan an intraoperative osteotomy, which optimized the relative position of the osteotomy segments and hardware fixation.
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