3D surgical printing and pre contoured plates for acetabular fractures

Injury. 2016 Nov;47(11):2507-2511. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2016.08.027. Epub 2016 Aug 29.

Abstract

We describe the methodical and possibilities of 3D surgical printing in preoperative planning of acetabular fractures showing a case of a 45-year-old with an associated transverse fracture of the left acetabulum with posterior wall fracture, with multiple fragments, and posterior ipsilateral hip dislocation, defending the do it your-self mode.

Keywords: 3D printing; Acetabular fractures; Contour; Models; Plates; Preoperative planning; Rapid prototyping.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Accidents, Traffic
  • Acetabulum / anatomy & histology
  • Acetabulum / injuries*
  • Bone Plates
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis
  • Fracture Fixation, Internal / instrumentation
  • Fracture Fixation, Internal / methods*
  • Fractures, Bone / diagnostic imaging
  • Fractures, Bone / surgery*
  • Hip Dislocation / diagnostic imaging
  • Hip Dislocation / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Preoperative Period
  • Printing, Three-Dimensional* / economics
  • Printing, Three-Dimensional* / instrumentation
  • Time-to-Treatment
  • Treatment Outcome