A review of computer-aided oral and maxillofacial surgery: planning, simulation and navigation.
Currently, oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMFS) still poses a significant challenge for surgeons due to the anatomic complexity and limited field of view of the oral cavity. With the great development of computer technologies, he computer-aided surgery has been widely used for minimizing the risks and improving the precision of surgery. Areas covered: The major goal of this paper is to provide a comprehensive reference source of current and future development of computer-aided OMFS including surgical planning, simulation and navigation for relevant researchers. Expert commentary: Compared with the traditional OMFS, computer-aided OMFS overcomes the disadvantage that the treatment on the region of anatomically complex maxillofacial depends almost exclusively on the experience of the surgeon.
a Institute of Biomedical Manufacturing and Life Quality Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration, School of Mechanical Engineering , Shanghai Jiao Tong University , Shanghai , China.
Xiaojun
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Chen
a Institute of Biomedical Manufacturing and Life Quality Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration, School of Mechanical Engineering , Shanghai Jiao Tong University , Shanghai , China.
Lu
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Xu
b Faculty of Medicine , KU Leuven , Leuven , Belgium.
Yi
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Sun
b Faculty of Medicine , KU Leuven , Leuven , Belgium.
Constantinus
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Politis
D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D009055:Mouth / Q000601:surgery*; D019647:Oral Surgical Procedures / Q000193:education / Q000379:methods*; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted
Oral and maxillofacial surgery; computer-assisted surgery; preoperative planning; surgical navigation; surgical simulation