The utility of a multimaterial 3D printed model for surgical planning of complex deformity of the skull base and craniovertebral junction

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1194-1197

  Pacione, Donato ^a   Tanweer, Omar ^a   Berman, Phillip ^a   Harter, David H ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

3D printing; Craniocervical junction; Rapid prototyping; Skull base surgery; Surgical technique

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILD; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DUAL ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKULL DEFECT; SKULL SURGERY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING; VASCULARIZATION; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; ABNORMALITIES; ANATOMIC MODEL; FIRST CERVICAL VERTEBRA; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; SKULL BASE; THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTING;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; CERVICAL ATLAS; CHILD; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PRINTING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; SKULL BASE;

EID: 85018193671     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2015.12.JNS151936     Document Type: Article

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