Economic analysis of a low-cost virtual surgical planning protocol for mandibular reconstruction: a case series

The aim of this study was to make an economic analysis and evaluation of a low-cost virtual surgical planning (VSP) protocol that was developed in house, and based on open-source software and a desktop 3-dimensional printer. All eight patients between April 2014 and 2015 who had been treated by mandibular reconstructions with microvascular fibular flaps that had been planned using the protocol were retrospectively analysed for accuracy, time, and cost.Median differences for planned compared with postoperative intercondylar distance, intergonial distance, and gonial angle did not differ significantly.

Source: The British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery - July 10, 2019 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: C. Spaas, O. Lenssen Source Type: research