Progress on application of 3D printing technology in spine surgery(PDF)
《中国医学物理学杂志》[ISSN:1005-202X/CN:44-1351/R]
- Issue:
- 2019年第1期
- Page:
- 60-64
- Research Field:
- 医学影像物理
- Publishing date:
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- Title:
- Progress on application of 3D printing technology in spine surgery
- Author(s):
- ZHOU Chiyu; CHU Tongwei
- Xinqiao Hospital, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University, Chongqing 400037, China
- Keywords:
- ; three-dimensional printing; rapid prototyping; additive manufacturing; spine surgery; review
- PACS:
- R319
- DOI:
- DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1005-202X.2019.01.012
- Abstract:
- Abstract: The literatures on the application of three-dimensional (3D) printing technology in spine surgery, especially in complex spinal deformities and spinal tumors are summarized. The review mainly focuses on the types of 3D printing, the specific application methods, treatment effects and cost-benefit analysis. The literatures are searched from China National Knowledge Infrastructure, PubMed and Web of Science. The keywords include Spine, Scoliosis, Spinal Tumor, 3D printing, Additive manufacturing and Rapid prototyping. A total of 116 literatures are retrieved, including 72 papers in Chinese and 44 papers in English. After full-text reading and analysis, only 35 literatures (15 in Chinese and 20 in English) were included in this study. According to the content of the literatures, the applications of 3D printing applied in spinal surgery were divided into surgical guide plates, anatomical models and individualized implants. The advantages mentioned in these literatures includes improvements of treatment outcomes and patient’s satisfaction, reductions in operation time, amount of blood loss, number of intraoperative radiation and incidence of surgical complications. The main limitations of 3D printing technology include the lack of uniform standards, additional printing costs, increasing learning costs, taking a long time to design 3D printed materials, and the lack of long-term follow-up data to evaluate the reliability of implants. 3D printing technology is valuable in the treatment of spinal diseases, but the value of using 3D printing technology in common spinal diseases are not significant. Only using this technology in more complex cases can accord with cost-effective rule.
Last Update: 2019-01-24