title: Plastic Surgery Applications Using Three-Dimensional Planning and Computer-Assisted Design and Manufacturing.
abstract: Three-dimensional analysis and planning is a powerful tool in plastic and reconstructive surgery, enabling improved diagnosis, patient education and communication, and intraoperative transfer to achieve the best possible results. Three-dimensional planning can increase efficiency and accuracy, and entails five core components: (1) analysis, (2) planning, (3) virtual surgery, (4) three-dimensional printing, and (5) comparison of planned to actual results. The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of three-dimensional virtual planning and to provide a framework for applying these systems to clinical practice.
  
  
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authors.affiliation: New Haven, Conn. From Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Yale University.
authors.forename: Miles J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Pfaff
authors.forename: Derek M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Steinbacher
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004954:Esthetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D066330:Printing, Three-Dimensional; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014584:User-Computer Interface