Cheng-Hsin Cheng1, Hao-Yu Chuang1, Hung-Lin Lin2, Chun-Lin Liu3, Chun-Hsu Yao4. 1. Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC; Department of Neurosurgery, An Nan Hospital, China Medical University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC; Department of Neurosurgery, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC. 2. Department of Neurosurgery, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC. 3. Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC; Department of Neurosurgery, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC. Electronic address: d70393@mail.tmanh.org.tw. 4. Department of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Science, China Medical University, Taiwan, ROC; School of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taiwan, ROC; Biomaterials Translational Research Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taiwan, ROC; Department of Biomedical Informatics, Asia University, Taiwan, ROC. Electronic address: chyao@mail.cmu.edu.tw.
Abstract
OBJECT: The aim of this research was to evaluate the surgical outcome of a new three-dimensional printing (3DP) technique using prefabrication molds and polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA). PATIENTS AND METHODS: The study included 10 patients with large skull defects (>100 cm2) who underwent cranioplasty. The causes of the skull defects were trauma (6), bone resorption (2), tumor (1), and infection (1). Before the operation, computed tomography (CT) scans were used to create a virtual plan, and these were then converted to 3-dimensional (3-D) images. The field of the skull defect was blueprinted by the technicians and operators, and a prefabricated 3-D model was generated. During the operation, a PMMA implant was created using a prefabricated silicone rubber mold and fitted into the cranial defect. All patients were followed up for at least 2 years, and any complications after the cranioplasty were recorded. RESULTS: Only 1 patient suffered a complication, subdural effusion 2 months after cranioplasty, which was successfully treated with a subdural peritoneal shunt. All patients satisfied the criteria for operative outcome and cosmetic effect. There were no episodes of infection or material rejection. CONCLUSION: The 3DP technology allowed precise, fast, and inexpensive craniofacial reconstruction. This technique may be beneficial for shortening the operation time (and thus reducing exposure time to general anesthesia, and wound exposure time, and blood loss), enhancing preoperative evaluation and simplifying the surgical procedure.
OBJECT: The aim of this research was to evaluate the surgical outcome of a new three-dimensional printing (3DP) technique using prefabrication molds and polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA). PATIENTS AND METHODS: The study included 10 patients with large skull defects (>100 cm2) who underwent cranioplasty. The causes of the skull defects were trauma (6), bone resorption (2), tumor (1), and infection (1). Before the operation, computed tomography (CT) scans were used to create a virtual plan, and these were then converted to 3-dimensional (3-D) images. The field of the skull defect was blueprinted by the technicians and operators, and a prefabricated 3-D model was generated. During the operation, a PMMA implant was created using a prefabricated silicone rubber mold and fitted into the cranial defect. All patients were followed up for at least 2 years, and any complications after the cranioplasty were recorded. RESULTS: Only 1 patient suffered a complication, subdural effusion 2 months after cranioplasty, which was successfully treated with a subdural peritoneal shunt. All patients satisfied the criteria for operative outcome and cosmetic effect. There were no episodes of infection or material rejection. CONCLUSION: The 3DP technology allowed precise, fast, and inexpensive craniofacial reconstruction. This technique may be beneficial for shortening the operation time (and thus reducing exposure time to general anesthesia, and wound exposure time, and blood loss), enhancing preoperative evaluation and simplifying the surgical procedure.
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