Preplanning for correctional osteotomies: sculpture your result.
Traditionally, correctional osteotomies are pre-planned on paper, but there is also the possibility of assembling a stereolithographic model from CT-scan data or even employing computer-assisted 3D virtual osteotomy systems for the more complicated cases. The simplicity of the one was combined with the extra dimension of the other. This resulted in a method where preplanning was performed with a clayed model. With a case report of a posttraumatic malunion, the procedure is illustrated for a correctional osteotomy in the proximal femur.
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Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Isala Clinics (Weezenlanden Hospital), P.O. Box 10500, 8000 GM Zwolle, The Netherlands. c.c.p.m.verheyen@isala.nl
D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods*; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D011859:Radiography