Initial Experience Using 3-Dimensional Printed Models for Head and Neck Reconstruction in Haiti

Swar Vimawala; Terry Gao; Jared Goldfarb; Dominick Gadaleta; Bon Ku; Patrick Jean-Gilles; Adam Luginbuhl; Robert Pugliese; Donald Weed; Joseph M. Curry

doi:10.1177/0145561320938920

Initial Experience Using 3-Dimensional Printed Models for Head and Neck Reconstruction in Haiti

Swar Vimawala, Terry Gao, Jared Goldfarb, Dominick Gadaleta, Bon Ku, Patrick Jean-Gilles, Adam Luginbuhl, Robert Pugliese, Donald Weed, Joseph M. Curry

Otolaryngology

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Abstract

This report describes the first use of a novel workflow for in-house computer-aided design (CAD) for application in a resource-limited surgical outreach setting. Preoperative computed tomography imaging obtained locally in Haiti was used to produce rapid-prototyped 3-dimensional (3D) mandibular models for 2 patients with large ameloblastomas. Models were used for patient consent, surgical education, and surgical planning. Computer-aided design and 3D models have the potential to significantly aid the process of complex surgery in the outreach setting by aiding in surgical consent and education, in addition to expected surgical applications of improved anatomic reconstruction.

Original language	English (US)
Journal	Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0145561320938920
State	Accepted/In press - 2020

Keywords

3D printing
mandibular reconstruction
rapid prototyping
resource-limited country
stereolithography

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Otorhinolaryngology

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