Virtual Planning and Allograft Preparation Guided by Navigation for Reconstructive Oncologic Surgery

Stromal Targets for Fluorescent-Guided Oncologic Surgery

Pre-operative imaging techniques are essential for tumor detection and diagnosis, but offer limited help during surgery. Recently, the applicability of imaging during oncologic surgery has been recognized, using near-infrared fluorescent dyes conjugated to targeting antibodies, peptides, or other vehicles. Image-guided oncologic surgery (IGOS) assists the surgeFon to distinguish tumor from norm...

Virtual Planning for Dental Implant Placement Using Guided Surgery

Technical and scientific advances in diagnostic and therapeutic methods in the biomedical field have substantially increased the predictability and longevity of the outcomes of restorative surgical procedures. In contemporary oral implantology, bioprototyping techniques based on computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) technology have proven to be valuable aids in diagno...

Virtual Planning and Intraoperative Navigation in Craniomaxillofacial Surgery

Oncologic Procedures Amenable to Fluorescence-guided Surgery.

OBJECTIVE Although fluorescence imaging is being applied to a wide range of cancers, it remains unclear which disease populations will benefit greatest. Therefore, we review the potential of this technology to improve outcomes in surgical oncology with attention to the various surgical procedures while exploring trial endpoints that may be optimal for each tumor type. BACKGROUND For many tumo...

Development and application of a virtual environment for reconstructive surgery.

OBJECTIVE This paper details the development and application of a Virtual Environment for Reconstructive Surgery (VERS). It addresses the technical and user-interface challenges in developing such a system, and the lessons learned during application of the system in the case of a 17-year-old boy with a severe facial defect arising from the removal of a soft-tissue sarcoma. MATERIALS AND METHO...