Huizhong Bai, Zhuoluo Zhou, Gang Liu, Shengyuan Jiang, Yaqi Zhang, Xinwei Zuo, Fangliang Xing, Lin Xu, Li Wang, Xiaohong Mu
Selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) is a difficult, risky, and sophisticated operation, in which a laminectomy should not only expose an adequate surgical field of view but also protect the patient's spinal nerves from injury. Digital models play an important role in the pre-and intra-operation of SDR, because they can not only make doctors more familiar with the anatomical structure of the surgical site, but also provide precise surgical navigation coordinates for the manipulator. This study aims to create a 3D digital model of a patient-specific lumbar vertebra that can be used for planning, surgical navigation, and training of the SDR operation...
April 14, 2023: Journal of Visualized Experiments: JoVE