Open AccessIntegration of Perforator Vessels in CAD/CAM Free Fibula Graft Planning: A Clinical Feasibility Study
Author(s) -
Elisabeth Goetze,
Peer W. Kämmerer,
Bilal AlNawas,
Maximilian Moergel
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of maxillofacial and oral surgery/journal of maxillofacial and oral surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.293
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 0974-942X
pISSN - 0972-8279
DOI - 10.1007/s12663-019-01215-y
Subject(s) - medicine , fibula , surgical planning , perforator flaps , soft tissue , surgery , tibia
Commercial CAD/CAM planning of free osteocutaneous microvascular fibula flap does not support integration of soft tissue structures including perforator vessel anatomy. Therefore, in a clinical trial, a method for such a combined hard- and soft tissue 3D-fibula planning was assessed.