Rapid Personalised Virtual Planning and On-Demand Surgery for Acute Spinal Trauma Using 3D-Printing, Biomodelling and Patient-Specific Implant Manufacture

Ralph Jasper Mobbs; William C H Parr; Christopher Huang; Tajrian Amin

doi:10.3390/jpm12060997

Rapid Personalised Virtual Planning and On-Demand Surgery for Acute Spinal Trauma Using 3D-Printing, Biomodelling and Patient-Specific Implant Manufacture

J Pers Med. 2022 Jun 18;12(6):997. doi: 10.3390/jpm12060997.

Authors

Ralph Jasper Mobbs^{1

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5}, William C H Parr^{1

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5}, Christopher Huang^{1

2}, Tajrian Amin^{1

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Affiliations

¹ NeuroSpine Surgery Research Group (NSURG), Sydney, NSW 2031, Australia.
² Neuro Spine Clinic, Prince of Wales Private Hospital, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia.
³ Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, NSW 2031, Australia.
⁴ Surgical and Orthopaedic Research Laboratories (SORL), Prince of Wales Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia.
⁵ 3DMorphic Pty. Ltd., Matraville, NSW 2036, Australia.

Abstract

Three-dimensional printing is a rapidly growing field, with extensive application to orthopaedics and spinal surgery. Three-dimensional-printed (3DP) patient-specific implants (PSIs) offer multiple potential benefits over generic alternatives, with their use increasingly being described in the spinal literature. This report details a unique, emergency case of a traumatic spinal injury in a 31-year-old male, acquired rurally and treated with a 3DP PSI in a tertiary unit. With increasing design automation and process improvements, rapid, on-demand virtual surgical planning (VSP) and 3DP PSIs may present the future of orthopaedics and trauma care, enabling faster, safer, and more cost-effective patient-specific procedures.

Keywords: 3D printing; on-demand; personalised health care; virtual surgical planning.

Publication types

Case Reports

Grants and funding

This research received no external funding.