Rapid prototyping medical models for dysplastic hip orthopaedic surgery

Preliminary Study on Physical Rapid Prototyping in Orthopaedic Surgery

INTRODUCTION Orthopaedic surgeries are usually complex and time consuming. Therefore, minimizing the duration of the surgery, reducing the risk of complications during and post surgery are the main criteria involved while planning for surgery. This can be achieved using physical rapid prototyping (RP) modeling technique. RP involves fabrication of prototype model precisely produced from three d...

Rapid Prototyping in Orthopaedic Surgery: A User's Guide

Rapid prototyping (RP) is applicable to orthopaedic problems involving three dimensions, particularly fractures, deformities, and reconstruction. In the past, RP has been hampered by cost and difficulties accessing the appropriate expertise. Here we outline the history of rapid prototyping and furthermore a process using open-source software to produce a high fidelity physical model from CT dat...

Orthopaedic Surgery Hip Synthetic Ligaments in Hip Surgery

Synthetic ligaments have been used in orthopaedics for nearly a century. After a wave of popularity in the early 1980s, particularly for treating the knee, they fell into disrepute due to the frequent and often severe complications, particularly when used intra-articularly. Subsequent advances in the materials, design and manufacture of synthetic ligaments have led to a renaissance in their pop...

Rapid prototyping of geometric models

The dysplastic hip.