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Rapid Personalised Virtual Planning and On-Demand Surgery for Acute Spinal Trauma Using 3D-Printing, Biomodelling and
Ralph Jasper Mobbs1,2,3,4,5, William C H Parr1,3,4,5, Christopher Huang1,2
1NeuroSpine Surgery Research Group (NSURG), Sydney, NSW 2031, Australia.
Abstract:
Three-dimensional printing is a rapidly growing field, with extensive application to orthopaedics and spinal surgery. Three-dimensional-printed (3DP) patient-specific implants (PSIs) offer multiple potential benefits over generic alternatives, with their use increasingly being described in the spinal literature. This report details a unique, emergency case of a traumatic spinal injury in a 31-year-old male, acquired rurally and treated with a 3DP PSI in a tertiary unit. With increasing design automation and process improvements, rapid, on-demand virtual surgical planning (VSP) and 3DP PSIs may present the future of orthopaedics and trauma care, enabling faster, safer, and more cost-effective patient-specific procedures.
