A retrospective comparison of the conventional versus three-dimensional printed model-assisted surgery in the treatment of acetabular fractures.
CONCLUSION: As compared with the conventional surgery, the 3D printing model-assisted pre-contoured plate fixation technique can improve the clinical and radiological outcomes of the acetabular fractures, with shorter surgery, instrumentation, intraoperative fluoroscopy times, and blood loss.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III, Therapeutic study.
PMID: 32490835 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Öztürk AM, Süer O, Şirintürk S, Aktuğlu K, Govsa F, Özer MA Tags: Acta Orthop Traumatol Turc Source Type: research