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Theoretical model of pediatric orbital trapdoor fractures and provisional personalized 3D printing-assisted surgical solution

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Pediatric orbital trapdoor fractures are common in children and adolescents and usually require emergency surgical intervention. Herein, a personalized 3D printing-assisted approach to surgical treatment is proposed, serving to accurately… Click to show full abstract

Pediatric orbital trapdoor fractures are common in children and adolescents and usually require emergency surgical intervention. Herein, a personalized 3D printing-assisted approach to surgical treatment is proposed, serving to accurately and effectively repair pediatric orbital trapdoor fractures. We first investigated stress distribution in external force-induced orbital blowout fractures via numerical simulation, determining that maximum stresses on inferior and medial walls exceed those on superior and lateral walls and thus confer higher probability of fracture. We also examined 36 pediatric patients treated for orbital trapdoor fractures between 2014 and 2019 to verify our theoretical construct. Using 3D printing technique, we then created orbital models based on computed tomography (CT) studies of these patients. Absorbable implants were tailor-made, replicating those of 3D-printed models during surgical repairs of fractured orbital bones. As follow-up, we compared CT images and clinical parameters (extraocular movements, diplopia, enophthalmos) before and 12 months after operative procedures. There were only two patients with diplopia and six with enophthalmos >2 mm at 12 months, attesting to the efficacy of our novel 3D printing-assisted strategy.

Keywords: printing assisted; pediatric orbital; orbital trapdoor; trapdoor fractures

Journal Title: Bioactive Materials
Year Published: 2021

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