Are virtual planning and guided surgery for head and neck reconstruction economically viable?

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 170-175

  Zweifel, Daniel Fritz ^a   Simon, Christian ^a   Hoarau, Remy ^a   Pasche, Philippe ^a   Broome, Martin ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; FIBULA; FIBULA GRAFT; FIBULAR FREE FLAP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; FUNDING; HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HEAD FLATTENING; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IMAGING SOFTWARE; JAW OSTEONECROSIS; MALE; MANDIBLE RECONSTRUCTION; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; OSTEOSARCOMA; RADIOOSTEONECROSIS; SURGERY; TELECOMMUNICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VIRTUAL PLANNING; VIRTUAL REALITY; ANGIOGRAPHY; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVICES; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL COST; MANDIBULAR NEOPLASMS; ORGAN DONOR; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWITZERLAND; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSPLANTATION;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; BONE PLATES; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST SAVINGS; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; FIBULA; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MANDIBULAR NEOPLASMS; MANDIBULAR RECONSTRUCTION; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; OPERATIVE TIME; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SWITZERLAND; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSPLANT DONOR SITE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84917733001     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: 15315053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2014.07.038     Document Type: Article

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