Preoperative 3D printing planning technology combined with orthopedic surgical robot-assisted minimally invasive screw fixation for the treatment of pelvic fractures: a retrospective study

YuLong Jing, LiMing Chang, Bo Cong, JianHang Wang, MingQi Chen, ZhiFeng Tang, JingJie Luan, ZiYin Han, YangDe Liu, Tao Sun · 2024

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YuLong Jing and nine co-authors test whether 3D-printed planning improves robot-assisted screw fixation for pelvic fractures, in a research paper from 2024. Pelvic fractures are hard to fix through small incisions, since screws must thread narrow bone corridors. A surgical robot helps, but planning each screw still takes time in the operating room.

The study compares thirteen patients planned with printed models against sixteen planned in the usual way. The printed-model group had faster screw planning and far more screws that stayed fully inside bone. Their final screw positions sat close to the plan. All fractures healed, and function scores were slightly better in the planned group.

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CREATORYuLong Jing, LiMing Chang, Bo Cong, JianHang Wang, MingQi Chen, ZhiFeng Tang, JingJie Luan, ZiYin Han, YangDe Liu, Tao Sun
YEAR2024
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE39 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC11646416

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