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Polymethyl Methacrylate Custom-Made Prosthesis
- Source :
- Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. 29:e438-e440
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2018.
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Abstract
- BACKGROUND Over the years, many materials have been used in orbital reconstruction and cranioplasty. Among the materials in current use, polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) offers a high degree of compatibility with human tissue. OBJECTIVE This work describes a new, custom-made, 3D printing-aided, prosthetic fabrication process for orbital and/or cranial reconstruction using PMMA. METHODS On the basis of information obtained from computerized tomography scanning processed in Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine format and exported to treatment planning software, a 3D prosthesis master model was designed and digitally printed. This was then used to create an injection mold from which the prosthesis was cast in PMMA and implanted in the patient. Five patients with cranial and/or orbital defects of tumoral or traumatic etiology were treated by this method. After 5 to 7 years follow-up, no complications occurred to cause the removal of the prostheses. CONCLUSION This novel method makes it possible to produce customized PMMA prostheses to treat orbital and/or cranial defects that are cost-effective and individualized to each case.
- Subjects :
- Male
Fabrication
Polymethyl methacrylate
medicine.medical_treatment
Prosthesis Design
Prosthesis
Facial Bones
Prosthesis Implantation
User-Computer Interface
03 medical and health sciences
Imaging, Three-Dimensional
0302 clinical medicine
medicine
Humans
Polymethyl Methacrylate
Neuronavigation
business.industry
Skull
technology, industry, and agriculture
Digital imaging
General Medicine
Plastic Surgery Procedures
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Cranioplasty
Otorhinolaryngology
Orbital reconstruction
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Printing, Three-Dimensional
Computer-Aided Design
Surgery
Tomography
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
business
Orbit
Software
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Follow-Up Studies
Biomedical engineering
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10492275
- Volume :
- 29
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Craniofacial Surgery
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9b810d9a3620107bf314b4d9d718d03d