Preoperative planning, along with biomodelling and 3D printing, is a viable process for revision lumbar fusion surgery, according to a case study published in European Spine Journal.
Here are four things to know:
1. The case involved a 72-year-old woman with sciatica and a complex L5–S1 pseudoarthrosis that developed 12 months after L2–S1 fixation surgery for symptomatic degenerative scoliosis.
2. The surgeon collaborated with engineers and developed a patient-specific, 3D-printed titanium lumbosacral fixation implant.
3. The team simulated the sizes and trajectories for the S2 and iliac screws by using biomodelling to develop a stereotactic 3D-printed drill guide.
4. The patient reported symptom resolution six months after the procedure.
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