3D Printed Models and Navigation for Skull Base Surgery: Case Report and Virtual Validation

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2015:216:1025.

Abstract

In recent years, computer-assisted surgery tools have become more versatile. Having access to a 3D printed model expands the possibility for surgeons to practice with the particular anatomy of a patient before surgery and improve their skills. Optical navigation is capable of guiding a surgeon according to a previously defined plan. These methods improve accuracy and safety at the moment of executing the operation. We intend to carry on a validation process for computed-assisted tools. The aim of this project is to propose a comparative validation method to enable physicians to evaluate differences between a virtual planned approach trajectory and a real executed course. Summarily, this project is focused on decoding data in order to obtain numerical values so as to establish the quality of surgical procedures.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Validation Study

MeSH terms

  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Humans
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional / methods
  • Models, Anatomic*
  • Neurosurgical Procedures / instrumentation*
  • Neurosurgical Procedures / methods
  • Printing, Three-Dimensional*
  • Skull Base / anatomy & histology*
  • Skull Base / surgery*
  • Surgery, Computer-Assisted / instrumentation
  • Surgery, Computer-Assisted / methods
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*