Three-Dimensional Printing in Rhinoplasty

Plast Reconstr Surg. 2018 Jun;141(6):1383-1385. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000004425.

Abstract

Rhinoplasty is considered one of the most challenging procedures in plastic surgery. The authors introduce a novel concept of translating three-dimensional photographic images into three-dimensionally-printed, patient-specific, life-size models that can be used in preoperative counseling or as an intraoperative reference during rhinoplasty. This article describes the authors' experience with this new application for three-dimensional printing, a technology that is overall garnering more widespread use and has prospective clinical and research applications in aesthetic surgery.

Publication types

  • Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

  • Esthetics
  • Humans
  • Intraoperative Care
  • Models, Anatomic
  • Printing, Three-Dimensional*
  • Rhinoplasty / methods*