3D Printing for Complex Cranial Surgery Education: Technical Overview and Preliminary Validation Study.

ABSTRACT: Background  3D printing-also known as additive manufacturing-has a wide range of applications. Reproduction of low-cost, high-fidelity, disease- or patient-specific models presents a key developmental area in simulation and education research for complex cranial surgery. Methods  Using cadaveric dissections as source materials, skull base models were created, printed, and tested for educational value in teaching complex cranial approaches. In this pilot study, assessments were made on the value of 3D printed models demonstrating the retrosigmoid and posterior petrosectomy approaches. Models were assessed and tested in a small cohort of neurosurgery resident subjects ( n  = 3) using a series of 10 radiographic and 2 printed case examples, with efficacy determined via ag

SUBMITTER: Graffeo CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9272238 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature