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3D printing in designing of anatomical posterior column plate.

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Background Acetabulum has a complex anatomy due to which anatomical acetabular plates are still under developmental phase. Although intra-operative contouring of reconstruction plate is done as a standard practice, it… Click to show full abstract

Background Acetabulum has a complex anatomy due to which anatomical acetabular plates are still under developmental phase. Although intra-operative contouring of reconstruction plate is done as a standard practice, it is associated with increased operative time and morbidity of patient. We have designed an acetabular plate for posterior fixation from experience of previous studies performed in our institute on acetabular fracture fixation which should be appropriate for most of the patient of Indian origin. Apart from avoiding intra-operative contouring of acetabular plates it also helps in preventing intra articular screw penetration. Methods We selected five consecutive patients with acetabular fracture needed to be operated from posterior approach and designed patient specific plate template from virtual surgical planning and 3D printing. These plate templates were then matched with our acetabular plate design and were used intra-operatively. Many parameters were assessed to evaluate accuracy of our plate design in those five patients. Result All the plate templates appear to match our designed plate and no intra-operative contouring was required with our plate design. Conclusion This was a pilot study and we need a large sample size to study accuracy of our acetabular plate design which might avoid intra-operative contouring, decreasing morbidity of patient and prevent wastage of resources in pre-operative planning and computer designing.

Keywords: operative contouring; plate design; plate; acetabular plate; intra operative

Journal Title: Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma
Year Published: 2018

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