CAD-based automatic modelling of customized cutting templates for Pectus Arcuatum surgical correction.
Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc
; 2020: 6044-6048, 2020 07.
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ABSTRACT
Pectus Arcuatum (PA) is a congenital chest wall deformity which produces a superior manubrial and sternal protrusion, particularly at the sternal angle. PA surgical correction to reduce the angle of the sternum always includes the removal of bone portion by means of horizontal sternal osteotomies, resection of deformed rib cartilage and finally stabilization of the anterior thoracic wall. Within this process an incorrect assessment of the sternotomy angle during the procedure may lead to the need for bone or cartilage grafts to fill the left voids. This problem has been addressed with a patient-specific cutting template, realized with Reverse Engineering and Additive Manufacturing techniques, which proved to be a key element to simplify the procedure and avoid the occurrence of this type of complications. In this work is presented and validated a procedure that, through common CAD operations, realizes in a completely automatic way the CAD model of the custom cutting template, so as to make non-expert users independent in the realization of the medical device.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Pared Torácica
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Tórax en Embudo
Límite:
Humans
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En
Revista:
Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc
Año:
2020
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Article