Custom-Made Three-Dimensional Models for Craniosynostosis

J Craniofac Surg. 2020 Jan/Feb;31(1):292-293. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000005927.

Abstract

The use of computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing in oral and maxillofacial surgery is an ever-growing field.The availability of 3D models, cutting guides, and customised surgical instruments gives surgeons the opportunity to modify and improve their surgical procedures.Here, we discuss the use of computer-aided design-computer-aided manufacturing to improve the management of a case of nonsyndromic metopic synostosis through the construction of: A cutting guide for the cranium, custom-made orbital protectors, a 3D model of the predicted postoperative meninges to allow off the table bone recontouring, and a template frontal bar to allow more specific recontouring of the frontal bar.

MeSH terms

  • Craniosynostoses / diagnostic imaging
  • Craniosynostoses / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional
  • Plastic Surgery Procedures / methods