Occipitocervical instrumented fixation utilising patient-specific C2 3D-printed spinal screw trajectory guides in complex paediatric skeletal dysplasia.
Vejay Niranjan VakhariaLuke SmithZubair TahirRachel SparksSebastien OurselinStewart TuckerDominic ThompsonPublished in: Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (2021)
To our knowledge, we present the first clinical report of 3D-printed spinal screw trajectory guides at the craniocervical junction in paediatric patients with skeletal dysplasia. The novel combination of multiple trajectories within the same guide provides the intraoperative flexibility of potential bailout options. Future studies will better define the potential of this technology to optimise personalised non-standard screw trajectories.