How Does Customized Cutting Guide Design Affect Accuracy and Ergonomics in Pelvic Tumor Resection? A Study in Cadavers

CONCLUSION: We observed an equivalence in performance regarding accuracy and ergonomics, with slight advantages for patch customized cutting guides, especially in complex zones (Zone I and IV). Owing to a small cohort in a cadaver study, these results need independent replication.CLINICAL RELEVANCE: The patch-type customized cutting guide with thinner contact spots to the bone in specific areas and less soft tissue dissection might offer an advantage over a larger block design for achieving negative oncologic bony margins, but it does not address issues of soft tissue margins.PMID:38323977 | DOI:10.1097/CORR.0000000000003000
Source: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Source Type: research