Patient-specific guides in orthopedic surgery

MO Gauci - Orthopaedics & Traumatology: Surgery & Research, 2022 - Elsevier
The interest of patient-specific guides (PSGs) lies in reliable intraoperative achievement of
preoperative planning goals. They are a form of instrumentation optimizing intraoperative …

3D-printed drill guide template, a promising tool to improve pedicle screw placement accuracy in spinal deformity surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

W Liang, B Han, JJ Hai, Y Hai, L Chen, N Kang… - European spine …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose This study aimed to compare the pedicle screw placement accuracy and surgical
outcomes between 3D-printed (3DP) drill guide template technique and freehand technique …

Accuracy of pin placement in the canine thoracolumbar spine using a free‐hand probing technique versus 3D‐printed patient‐specific drill guides: An ex‐vivo study

RA Mullins, J Espinel Ruperéz, J Bleedorn… - Veterinary …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To compare pin placement accuracy, intraoperative technique deviations, and
duration of pin placement for pins placed by free‐hand probing (FHP) or 3D‐printed drill …

3D printing in spine care: A review of current applications

A Kabra, N Mehta, B Garg - Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract 3D printing (3DP) has been brought to medical use since the early part of this
century-but it has been widely researched on and publicized only in the last few years …

Estimated cumulative radiation exposure in patients treated for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

J Cool, GJ Streekstra, J van Schuppen… - European Spine …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose Adolescent idiopoathic scoliosis (AIS) is a progressive spinal deformity, most often
observed in female patients of pubescent age. The deformity's severity, its progression …

Accuracy of pedicle screw placement methods in pediatrics and adolescents spinal surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

B De Vega, AR Navarro, A Gibson… - Global spine …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Study Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Objective: Various methods of pedicle
screw (PS) placement in spinal fusion surgery existed, which can be grouped into …

Retrospective analysis of custom 3D-printed drill guides and titanium plate use in spinal stabilization of eleven dogs

P Guirguis, I Asanovic, DS Beggs… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Congenital vertebral malformations are common developmental abnormalities
in screw-tailed brachycephalic dog breeds. Subsequent vertebral instability and/or vertebral …

Accuracy of Patient-Specific, 3D-Printed Laminofacetal Based Trajectory-Guide for Pedicle Screw Placement in Subaxial Cervical and Thoracic Spine

A Kashyap, A Karim, S Arora, K Singh, S Jha… - Neurology …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Background: Conventional methods of pedicle-screw placement have higher breach rates
due to variations in pedicle trajectories. Objective: We studied the accuracy of patient …

Optimizing lumbar pedicle screw trajectory utilizing a 3D-printed drill guide to ensure placement of pedicle screws into higher density bone may improve pedicle screw …

X Zhao, J Zhao, XJ Sun, XH Zhou, K Zhang, YZ **e - World Neurosurgery, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Lower preoperative Hounsfield Unit (HU) values of vertebral body are
associated with pedicle screw (PS) loosening after implantation with traditional trans …

3D-printed drill guide versus fluoroscopic-guided free-hand technique for pedicle screw insertion in the upper cervical spine: a systematic review and meta-analysis

A Al-Saadawi, S Tehranchi, R Chekuri, A Oehlen… - Musculoskeletal …, 2025 - Springer
Abstract 3D-printed (3DP) drill guides have demonstrated significant potential to accurately
guide pedicle screw insertion in spinal surgery. However, their role in the upper cervical …