Virtual Surgical Planning in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Jack Hua; Shahid Aziz; Jonathan W Shum

doi:10.1016/j.coms.2019.07.011

Virtual Surgical Planning in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Oral Maxillofac Surg Clin North Am. 2019 Nov;31(4):519-530. doi: 10.1016/j.coms.2019.07.011. Epub 2019 Aug 30.

Authors

Jack Hua¹, Shahid Aziz², Jonathan W Shum³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6560 Fannin Street, Suite 1900, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
² Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Rutgers School of Dental Medicine, 90 Bergen Street, Suite 7700, Newark, NJ 07103, USA.
³ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6560 Fannin Street, Suite 1900, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Electronic address: jonathan.shum@uth.tmc.edu.

PMID: 31477430
DOI: 10.1016/j.coms.2019.07.011

Abstract

Virtual surgical planning provides the ability to visualize the patient anatomy and pathologic condition, establish pertinent reference points, and simulate osteotomies and reconstruction design in advance of the surgery. Virtual surgical planning is also an ideal environment for improved communication between the patient and the surgical team.

Keywords: Computer aided manufacture; Computer-aided design; Data acquisition; Imaging modality; Jaw reconstruction; Maxillofacial reconstruction; Maxillofacial trauma; Virtual surgical planning.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Computer Simulation*
Computer-Aided Design*
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / methods
Imaging, Three-Dimensional / methods*
Osteotomy / methods
Patient Care Planning
Plastic Surgery Procedures / methods*
Surgery, Computer-Assisted*
Surgery, Oral / methods*