title: Integration of image guidance and rapid prototyping technology in craniofacial surgery.
abstract: This technical note demonstrates the benefits of preoperative planning, involving the use of rapid prototype models and rehearsal of the surgical procedure, using image-guided navigational surgery. Optimum reconstruction of large defects can be achieved with this technique.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Kings College Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bullock
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dunaway
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: McGurk
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Richards
mesh_terms: D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000737:chemistry; D001860:Bone Plates; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008579:Meningioma / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D009915:Orbit / Q000601:surgery; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013100:Sphenoid Bone / Q000601:surgery; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000601:surgery; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000379:methods; D014025:Titanium / Q000737:chemistry; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D014584:User-Computer Interface
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D014025:Titanium