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New 3D Virtual surgical planning technology offers a method for performing mandible reconstruction, orthognathic procedures, midface reconstruction, cranial reconstruction, and distraction procedures with the potential for greater accuracy, efficiency, and patient benefi t compared to traditional planning methods.
Pre-operative planning methods have remained largely unchanged over the last 50 years. Current methods are more of “an art than a science.” The success of surgical procedures to correct CMF deformities depends not only on the operative technique, but also on the development of the surgical plan. The last 50 years have seen advances and improvements in the technical aspects of the surgery (e.g. rigid fi xation, minimally invasive procedures, etc). However, the pre-operative planning methods have remained largely unchanged. Conventional pre-operative planning methods were developed at a time before the advent of 3-dimensional imaging. As a result, communication of reconstructive techniques was descriptive in nature, and surgical outcomes were variable.
Virtual surgical planning and patient specific implants represents a “real paradigm shift” overcoming “the main limitations of the conventional [pre-operative] planning techniques.” The combination of High Definition Medical Imaging, rapid manufacturing and associated patient specific implant technologies is a rapidly expanding field with wide application potential in challenging reconstructive, distraction and orthognathic cases. Typical applications include the making of three-dimensional (3D) models for treatment planning, the production of intraoperative surgical guides and splints to guide the surgeon’s reconstructive efforts and the fabrication of customized implants to match the patient’s anatomy.
The product theater session will demonstrate the use of state of the art software/hardware tools and workflow of computer assisted treatment planning in craniomaxillofacial reconstructive surgery. This will be illustrated with challenging cases from the presenter’s practice, enabling the participants to further their understanding of the versatility of these techniques and how they can positively affect surgical outcomes.