title: [Computer-assisted reconstruction of the facial skeleton].
abstract: Injury to the facial skeleton may result not only in aesthetic but also functional deficits. Computer-assisted surgery promises predictable reconstructive results. In clinical routine the authors use the combination of preoperative planning, intraoperative navigation and intraoperative imaging to treat complex facial trauma. With preoperative planning the intended reconstructive results can be precisely preplanned and guided intraoperatively using navigational surgery. Intraoperative imaging achieves the final intraoperative validation. Using computer-assisted surgery dislocation and malformation of fragments and transplants can be avoided in facial reconstruction. This means reliable quality control of surgical outcome and the number of further surgeries can be reduced in this complex reconstructive surgery.
authors: Mund-, Kiefer- und plastische Gesichtschirurgie, Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Ulm, Akademisches Krankenhaus der Universität Ulm, Oberer Eselsberg 40, 89081 Ulm, Deutschland. alexander.schramm@extern.uni-ulm.de
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mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D004867:Equipment Design; D004954:Esthetics; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D005151:Facial Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000295:instrumentation; D005597:Fractures, Open / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000295:instrumentation*; D007572:Jaw Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D009917:Orbital Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation; D012086:Reoperation; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D012984:Software; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014584:User-Computer Interface