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Case Reports
. 2016 Nov;47(11):2507-2511.
doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2016.08.027. Epub 2016 Aug 29.

3D surgical printing and pre contoured plates for acetabular fractures

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3D surgical printing and pre contoured plates for acetabular fractures

Francisco Chana-Rodríguez et al. Injury. 2016 Nov.

Abstract

We describe the methodical and possibilities of 3D surgical printing in preoperative planning of acetabular fractures showing a case of a 45-year-old with an associated transverse fracture of the left acetabulum with posterior wall fracture, with multiple fragments, and posterior ipsilateral hip dislocation, defending the do it your-self mode.

Keywords: 3D printing; Acetabular fractures; Contour; Models; Plates; Preoperative planning; Rapid prototyping.

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