Journal
AUSTRALASIAN PHYSICAL & ENGINEERING SCIENCES IN MEDICINE
Volume 38, Issue 1, Pages 109-117Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s13246-015-0330-0
Keywords
Tibial plateau fracture; Internal fixation; 3D printing; Navigational template; Computer-assisted; Preoperative planning
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Funding
- 863 Program of China [2012AA02A603]
- Guangzhou science and technology planning Project [2014J4100153]
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This study was aimed to improve the surgical accuracy of plating and screwing for complicated tibial plateau fracture assisted by 3D implants library and 3D-printed navigational template. Clinical cases were performed whereby complicated tibial plateau fractures were imaged using computed tomography and reconstructed into 3D fracture prototypes. The preoperative planning of anatomic matching plate with appropriate screw trajectories was performed with the help of the library of 3D models of implants. According to the optimal planning, patient-specific navigational templates produced by 3D printer were used to accurately guide the real surgical implantation. The fixation outcomes in term of the deviations of screw placement between preoperative and postoperative screw trajectories were measured and compared, including the screw lengths, entry point locations and screw directions. With virtual preoperative planning, we have achieved optimal and accurate fixation outcomes in the real clinical surgeries. The deviations of screw length was 1.57 +/- A 5.77 mm, P > 0.05. The displacements of the entry points in the x-, y-, and z-axis were 0.23 +/- A 0.62, 0.83 +/- A 1.91, and 0.46 +/- A 0.67 mm, respectively, P > 0.05. The deviations of projection angle in the coronal (x-y) and transverse (x-z) planes were 6.34 +/- A 3.42A degrees and 4.68 +/- A 3.94A degrees, respectively, P > 0.05. There was no significant difference in the deviations of screw length, entry point and projection angle between the ideal and real screw trajectories. The ideal and accurate preoperative planning of plating and screwing can be achieved in the real surgery assisted by the 3D models library of implants and the patient-specific navigational template. This technology improves the accuracy and efficiency of personalized internal fixation surgery and we have proved this in our clinical applications.
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