Training for Skull Base Surgery with a Colored Temporal Bone Model Created by Three-Dimensional Printing Technology.
basic_science · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.wneu.2016.03.084.
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Abstract
A 3-dimensional temporal bone model for skull base surgical training was reconstructed via the use of a selective laser sintering technique, which is one of the 3-dimensional printing technologies. The temporal bone model was created in 2 pieces to remove powder material in the mastoid air cells and to place dye into the semicircular canal and the Fallopian canal. The powder material was minimal, and the decisive structures were identified in color. This artificial model will pave the way to a "new era" in surgical training and medical education.
Medical subject headings
- Models, Anatomic
- Neurosurgical Procedures
- Printing, Three-Dimensional
- Skull Base
- Temporal Bone