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Generation of customized orbital implant templates using 3-dimensional printing for orbital wall reconstruction.

Sunah KangJaeyoung KwonChan Joo AhnBita EsmaeliGuk Bae KimNamkug KimHo-Seok Sa
Published in: Eye (London, England) (2018)
3D-printed customized orbital implant templates can be used to press and trim conventional implantable materials with patient-specific contours and sizes for optimal orbital wall reconstruction. It is difficult to design an orbital implant that exactly matches the shape and surface of a blowout fracture site due to the unique 3D structure of the orbit. The traditional surgical method is to visually inspect the fracture site and use eye measurements to cut a two-dimensional orbital implant that corresponds to the anatomical structure of the fracture site. However, implants that do not fit the anatomical structure of a fracture site well can cause complications such as enophthalmos, diplopia and displacement of the implant.
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