Patient-specific desktop 3D-printed guides for pelvic tumour resection surgery: a precision study on cadavers.

We have characterized placement errors for small PSIs in four regions of the pelvis. Our results show high errors in C and S PSIs in the direction of the resection plane's normal, and thus large osteotomy deviations. Deviations in short osteotomies in S, I and P and placement errors in the remaining directions were low. The PSIs used in this study are biocompatible and can be produced with a desktop 3D printer, thus minimizing manufacturing cost.