Three-dimensional printing of patient-specific surgical plates in head and neck reconstruction: A prospective pilot study
Yang, Wei-fa, Choi, Wing Shan, Leung, Yiu Yan, Curtin, Justin Paul, Du, Ruxu, Zhang, Chun-yu, Chen, Xian-shuai, and Su, Yu xiong (2018) Three-dimensional printing of patient-specific surgical plates in head and neck reconstruction: A prospective pilot study. Oral Oncology, 78. pp. 31-36.
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Abstract
Background Surgical plates have been extensively used in head and neck reconstruction and conventional plates are mass-produced with universal configurations. To overcome disadvantages of conventional surgical plates, we have been exploring patient-specific surgical plates using the three-dimensional (3D) printing technology. We hypothesized that the application of 3D-printed patient-specific surgical plates in head and neck reconstruction is feasible, safe and precise.
Methods We are conducting a prospective clinical trial to assess the feasibility, safety and accuracy of applying 3D-printed patient-specific surgical plates in head and neck reconstruction. The primary endpoint was the intraoperative success rate. Secondary endpoints included the incidence and severity of postoperative adverse events within six months postoperatively. The accuracy of surgical outcomes was also explored by comparing the planned and final positions of the maxilla, mandible and grafted bone segments.
Results From December 2016 to October 2017, ten patients were enrolled and underwent head and neck reconstruction using 3D-printed patient-specific surgical plates. The patient-specific surgical plates adapted to bone surface precisely and no plate-bending was performed. The intraoperative success rate was 100%. The average follow-up period was 6.5 months. No major adverse events were observed. The mean absolute distance deviation of integral mandible or maxilla was 1.40 ± 0.63 mm, which showed a high accuracy of reconstruction.
Conclusions The 3D printing of patient-specific surgical plates could be effective in head and neck reconstruction. Surgical procedures were simplified. The precise jaw reconstruction was achieved with high accuracy. Long-term results with a larger sample size are warranted to support a final conclusion. The study protocol has been registered in ClinicalTrials.gov with a No. of NCT03057223.
| Item ID: | 75107 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 1879-0593 |
| Keywords: | Computer-aided design, Head and neck neoplasms, Head and neck reconstruction, Internal fixators, Mandibular reconstruction, Maxillary reconstruction, Patient-specific plates, Prospective clinical trial, Selective laser melting, Three-dimensional printing |
| Copyright Information: | © 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/BY-NC-ND/4.0/). |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Aug 2022 01:00 |
| FoR Codes: | 32 BIOMEDICAL AND CLINICAL SCIENCES > 3203 Dentistry > 320305 Oral and maxillofacial surgery @ 100% |
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