Open AccessThe Barrow Biomimetic Spine: effect of a 3-dimensional-printed spinal osteotomy model on performance of spinal osteotomies by medical students and interns
Author(s) -
Michael A. Bohl,
James J. Zhou,
Michael A. Mooney,
Garrett J Repp,
Claudio Cavallo,
Peter Nakaji,
Steve Chang,
Jay D. Turner,
U Kumar Kakarla
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of spine surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2414-469X
pISSN - 2414-4630
DOI - 10.21037/jss.2019.01.05
Subject(s) - osteotomy , 3d printed , grading (engineering) , grading scale , medicine , surgery , orthodontics , physical therapy , engineering , biomedical engineering , civil engineering
The Schwab osteotomy grading scale-a unified osteotomy classification system created in 2014 by Schwab et al .-is one of many concepts in spine surgery that require detailed knowledge of 3-dimensional (3D) anatomy. 3D-printed spine models have demonstrated increasing utility in spine surgery as they more quickly communicate information on complex 3D anatomical relationships than planar imaging or 2-dimensional images. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the utility of a custom, 3D-printed spine model to help surgical trainees understand and perform the Schwab osteotomy grading scale.