Lin Alexander Y, Yarholar Lauren M
Alexander Y. Lin, MD, and Lauren M. Yarholar, MD are in the Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri and at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri.
Mo Med. 2020 Mar-Apr;117(2):136-142.
Plastic Surgery restores unique human qualities such as appearance, speech (palate), hands, to improve interaction with others and quality of life. Three-dimensional printing technology can be applied to Plastic Surgery craniomaxillofacial operations to change the bony skeleton of the skull, face, and jaws. Three-dimensional printing for patient-specific applications have four types: Type I contour models, Type II guides, Type III splints, Type IV implants. Plastic Surgery innovation in 3D printing clinical applications are described here and https://www.slucare.edu/newsroom/kmov-science-of-healing-faces-of-childhood.php.
整形手术可恢复人的独特特质，如外貌、言语（腭裂修复）、手部功能等，以改善人际交往和生活质量。三维打印技术可应用于整形手术的颅颌面手术，用于改变颅骨、面部和颌骨的骨骼结构。针对特定患者的三维打印应用有四种类型：I型轮廓模型、II型导板、III型夹板、IV型植入物。本文及https://www.slucare.edu/newsroom/kmov-science-of-healing-faces-of-childhood.php介绍了三维打印在整形手术临床应用中的创新。
