TY - JOUR
T1 - 3D Printed Surgical Guide for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
T2 - Workflow from Computed Tomography to Prototype
AU - Cappello, Ida Anna
AU - Candelari, Mara
AU - Pannone, Luigi
AU - Monaco, Cinzia
AU - Bori, Edoardo
AU - Talevi, Giacomo
AU - Ramak, Robbert
AU - La Meir, Mark
AU - Gharaviri, Ali
AU - Chierchia, Gian Battista
AU - Innocenti, Bernardo
AU - de Asmundis, Carlo
PY - 2022/5
Y1 - 2022/5
N2 - Patient-specific three-dimensional (3D) printed models have been increasingly used in many medical fields, including cardiac surgery for which they are used as planning and communication tools. To locate and plan the correct region of interest for the bypass placement during coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, cardiac surgeons can pre-operatively rely on different medical images. This article aims to present a workflow for the production of a patient-specific 3D-printed surgical guide, from data acquisition and image segmentation to final prototyping. The aim of this surgical guide is to help visualize the region of interest for bypass placement during the operation, through the use of dedicated surgical holes. The results showed the feasibility of this surgical guide in terms of design and fitting to the phantom. Further studies are needed to assess material biocompatibility and technical properties.
AB - Patient-specific three-dimensional (3D) printed models have been increasingly used in many medical fields, including cardiac surgery for which they are used as planning and communication tools. To locate and plan the correct region of interest for the bypass placement during coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, cardiac surgeons can pre-operatively rely on different medical images. This article aims to present a workflow for the production of a patient-specific 3D-printed surgical guide, from data acquisition and image segmentation to final prototyping. The aim of this surgical guide is to help visualize the region of interest for bypass placement during the operation, through the use of dedicated surgical holes. The results showed the feasibility of this surgical guide in terms of design and fitting to the phantom. Further studies are needed to assess material biocompatibility and technical properties.
KW - 3D printing
KW - image processing
KW - pre-operative planning
KW - segmentation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85129169117&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/bioengineering9050179
DO - 10.3390/bioengineering9050179
M3 - Article
C2 - 35621457
VL - 9
JO - Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland)
JF - Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland)
SN - 2306-5354
IS - 5
M1 - 179
ER -