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Cranioplasty Essay

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Main objective is to model cranial implant and Print in MOJO machine (Fused Deposition Method) for skull injured person to plan surgery. Actually this is peculiar case and the skull has been damaged in frontal, parietal and temporal regions and a small portion of frontal region damaged away from saggital plane, complexity is to fill this frontal region with proper curvature. The Patient CT-data (Number of slices was 381 and thickness of each slice is 0.488mm) was processed in mimics14.1 software, mimics file was sent to 3-matic software and calculated thickness of skull at different sections where cranial implant is needed then corrected the edges of cranial implant to overcome CSF (cerebrospinal fluid) leakage and proper fitting. …show more content…

The X-ray and 2D computed tomography are conventional methods for observing bone geometry but these are not much informative. Advances in imaging technology (CT, MRI) have made it easy to visualize/analyze patient data. This data is combined with 3D printing technology [1] to make implant structure and replaces original skull. The 3D models have been used to plan surgery meticulously, to know the exact position of ablation tumors and explain the problem to patients easily. This can improve psychological constancy of the patient [2]. The success of reconstructive skull surgery depends on consecutive …show more content…

In the area of defect, the mirror image model can be exported to a computer aided design and computer aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) system for preoperative processes (wrapping, fitting errors, and shape) [3].
The integration of computer-aided design (CAD) and 3D Printing allows medical image systems to develop physical and real 3D hard copy [4], before going to operation, 3D Printed part is very useful to study where the bone is lost, how to make operation by successive steps and planning the fixation of screws, all these are done with naked eye. How best it is to decrease operation time to the doctor, planning surgery and explain case to his patient/students. 3D Printed components are allows you to check implant shape is replaces the original skull or not.
The critical modelling section in this case, basically skull is having variable thickness at different portions, different crossections and depends on age, sex

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