title: Clinical application of a solid three-dimensional model for orbital wall fractures.
abstract: Orbital wall fractures have been diagnosed conventionally by plain X-rays, CT imaging, and more recently by three-dimensional CT imaging. However, it is not easy to know the three-dimensional appearances of orbital wall fractures. Anatomically precise reconstruction of the orbital wall is essential for the appearance and function of the eyes. Life-size solid models of fractured orbital walls and also solid models of bone grafts for the reconstruction were produced by milling polyurethane foam on the basis of CT data. These models are very valuable because they provide not only satisfactory understanding of the three-dimensional morphology, but the models at hand are the ideal guides during the operation, and the prefabricated bone grafts, based on the models make a complete surgical simulation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yab
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tajima
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Imai
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D009917:Orbital Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed