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Point-of-Care Virtual Planning and 3D Printing in Facial Trauma
- Subjects: Surgery
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- virtual surgical planning
- three-dimensional printing
- facial trauma
- mandibular fractures
- maxillofacial fractures
- point of care
Video Introduction
This video is adapted from 10.3390/jcm14082788
This video presents a groundbreaking 10-year study evaluating the EPPOCRATIS workflow - an innovative approach integrating virtual surgical planning (VSP) and 3D printing (3DP) for facial trauma reconstruction.
The research compared 23 VSP/3DP cases against 21 matched conventional surgeries from 2014-2024. Despite handling significantly more complex facial injuries, the VSP group showed:
- 20% faster operative time per implant
- 17% less blood loss per implant
- Precise reduction verified by 3D heatmap analysis
While hospital stays and complications remained comparable, the technology proved particularly valuable for multi-specialty cases (p<0.05) involving orbital, midface, and mandibular fractures.
The findings suggest point-of-care VSP/3DP could revolutionize facial trauma care - though further larger, multi-center studies are needed to assess broader implementation, cost-effectiveness, and overall clinical impact.
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