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Virtual Surgery and 3D Printing in Craniofacial Surgery – Our Experience at UHC Osijek Using a Newly Developed Add-On for “Open-Source” 3D Modeling Software

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Advances in Biomedical and Veterinary Engineering (BioMedVetMech 2022)

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With the advancement of medical technologies, especially imaging technologies, and the further advancement of computer systems, advanced visualization techniques, including 3D printing and virtual or mixed reality is the logical next step in medical imaging of pathology. Their implementation enables clinicians more personalized approach to patient treatment. Therefore, the production of personalized surgical guides is becoming a standard. Since the “in-house” development of the Add-On FFF Gen for open-source CAD software Blender at the end of 2019, from 2020 until now, 11 patients underwent the successful surgery of the mandible reconstruction with “free fibula flap” using 3D printed personalized surgical guides. An increase in the number of cases treated in such a way, and good postoperative results only confirm the advantages of the application of these methods in everyday clinical work.

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  1. Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Center Osijek, Josipa Huttlera 4, 31000, Osijek, Croatia

    Vjekoslav Kopačin, Josip Butković & Luka Šimić

  2. Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biophysics and Radiology, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Josipa Huttlera 4, 31000, Osijek, Croatia

    Vjekoslav Kopačin, Josip Butković & Luka Šimić

  3. Department of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery, University Hospital Center Osijek, Josipa Huttlera 4, 31000, Osijek, Croatia

    Ivan Mumlek, Vedran Zubčić, Josip Butković & Luka Šimić

  4. Faculty of Medicine, Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Maxillofacial Surgery, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Josipa Huttlera 4, 31000, Osijek, Croatia

    Vedran Zubčić, Josip Butković & Luka Šimić

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Biomechanics Group, Imperial College London, London, UK

    Petra Bonačić Bartolin

  2. Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

    Ratko Magjarević

  3. Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

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Kopačin, V., Mumlek, I., Zubčić, V., Butković, J., Šimić, L. (2024). Virtual Surgery and 3D Printing in Craniofacial Surgery – Our Experience at UHC Osijek Using a Newly Developed Add-On for “Open-Source” 3D Modeling Software. In: Bonačić Bartolin, P., Magjarević, R., Allen, M., Sutcliffe, M. (eds) Advances in Biomedical and Veterinary Engineering. BioMedVetMech 2022. IFMBE Proceedings, vol 90. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42243-0_8

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