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Use of Occlusal Splint for Noninvasive Fixation of a Reference Frame in Orbital Navigation Surgery

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Introduction

When prepping for navigation surgery, a reference frame must be fixed to the patient’s head with a Mayfield clamp, bone anchor, headset, or headband. Fixation of the clamp or bone anchor with a screw or head pins is invasive, whereas use of a headband or headset is noninvasive. However, during orbital surgery for blowout fractures or orbital tumors, surgeons or instruments can interfere between the reference frame and the optical tracking navigation system, even if using noninvasive fixation.

Materials and methods

We used an occlusal splint for noninvasive fixation of a reference frame in orbital navigation surgery to overcome the problems.

Results

A surgeon could operate without interferences between the reference frame and the optical tracking navigation system during orbital navigation surgery.

Conclusion

We recommend the use of an occlusal splint for noninvasive fixation of a reference frame in orbital navigation surgery.

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  1. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-9 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, 236-0004, Japan

    Toshinori Iwai & Iwai Tohnai

  2. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-9 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, 236-0004, Japan

    Taro Mikami & Jiro Maegawa

  3. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Yokohama City University Medical Center, 4-57 Urafunecho, Minami-ku, Yokohama, 232-0024, Japan

    Kazunori Yasumura

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Correspondence to Toshinori Iwai.

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Iwai, T., Mikami, T., Yasumura, K. et al. Use of Occlusal Splint for Noninvasive Fixation of a Reference Frame in Orbital Navigation Surgery. J. Maxillofac. Oral Surg. 15, 410–412 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12663-015-0860-8

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