title: [Digital and three-demention print technique in reconstruction for complex defect after resection of jaw neoplasms].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the application of digital and three-demention (3D) print technique in reconstruction of complex jaw defect after removal of maxillofacial cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  From May 2013 to January 2015, 10 cases were enrolled in the study, 3 were maxillary defects and 7 were mandibular defects. The process included preoperative computer aided design, template and model manufacture with 3D Printer, intraoperative ablation and shaping of fibula based on template, flap suture and vessel anastomosis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All the cases were successfully operated according to preoperative computer aided design, and all the fibulas and skin islands survived. All the cases had regular diet 2 weeks after surgery and showed satisfying appearance.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Digital and 3D print technique has good practicability in reconstruction of complex jaw defect with free fibula.
authors.affiliation: Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China.
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Email: docbinzhang@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Dangui
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Xiaoduo
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Meng
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Zhengjiang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yulin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Zhengang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D016025:Bone Transplantation; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D005360:Fibula; D006801:Humans; D007573:Jaw Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008334:Mandible / Q000473:pathology; D008437:Maxilla / Q000473:pathology; D066330:Printing, Three-Dimensional; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D013524:Surgical Flaps