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Personalized Bioactive Nasal Supports for Postoperative Cleft Rhinoplasty.
PURPOSE: After cleft lip and palate surgical procedures, patients often need nostril supports to help the reconstructed nostrils retain their shape during healing. Many postoperative nasal stents use a one-size-fits-all approach, in which a standard rubber tube retainer is trimmed and used to support the healing nares. The purpose of this study was to examine photogrammetry and 3-dimensional (3D) printing as a fabrication tool for postoperative patient-specific nasal supports that can be loaded with bioactive agents for localized delivery.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: A "normal" right nostril injection mold was prepared from a left-sided unilateral cleft defect, and the negative-space impression was modeled using a series of photographs taken at different rotation angles with a commercial mobile phone camera. These images were "stitched" together using photogrammetry software, and the computer-generated models were reflected, joined, and digitally sculpted to generate hollow bilateral supports. Three-dimensional prints were coated with polyvinylpyrrolidone-penicillin and validated for their ability to inhibit Escherichia coli using human blood agar diffusion assays.
RESULTS: The results showed that our approach had a high level of contour replication and the antibiotic coating was able to inhibit bacterial growth with a mean zone of inhibition of 15.15 ± 0.99 mm (n = 9) (P < .0001) in disc diffusion assays.
CONCLUSIONS: Consumer-grade 3D printing displays potential as a fabrication method for postoperative cleft bilateral nasal supports and may support the surgically reconstructed internal contours. The results of this study suggest that such types of bioactive 3D prints may have potential applications in personalized drug-delivery systems and medical devices.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: A "normal" right nostril injection mold was prepared from a left-sided unilateral cleft defect, and the negative-space impression was modeled using a series of photographs taken at different rotation angles with a commercial mobile phone camera. These images were "stitched" together using photogrammetry software, and the computer-generated models were reflected, joined, and digitally sculpted to generate hollow bilateral supports. Three-dimensional prints were coated with polyvinylpyrrolidone-penicillin and validated for their ability to inhibit Escherichia coli using human blood agar diffusion assays.
RESULTS: The results showed that our approach had a high level of contour replication and the antibiotic coating was able to inhibit bacterial growth with a mean zone of inhibition of 15.15 ± 0.99 mm (n = 9) (P < .0001) in disc diffusion assays.
CONCLUSIONS: Consumer-grade 3D printing displays potential as a fabrication method for postoperative cleft bilateral nasal supports and may support the surgically reconstructed internal contours. The results of this study suggest that such types of bioactive 3D prints may have potential applications in personalized drug-delivery systems and medical devices.
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