Department of Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Department of Medicine Statistics Core, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
J Pediatr Urol. 2024 Oct;20(5):835-842. doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2024.05.011. Epub 2024 May 21.
BACKGROUND: Penile phenotype in hypospadias is currently assessed visually or manually (e.g., ruler, goniometer) for clinical, education, and research applications. However, these methods lack precision and accuracy across raters and cannot be reevaluated retrospectively following a surgical repair. The project aim was to evaluate the precision and reliability of penile dimensions obtained from digital and three dimensional (3D) printed models created from intraoperative (OR) structured light scans (SLS) during primary pediatric penile procedures. METHODS: Boys ages 1 month to 6 years underwent first- or single-stage penile surgery at a single institution were enrolled in this prospective study (IRB #20-000143). For each patient, immediately following placement of a stay suture under consistent manual tension, intra-operative dimension measurements with a ruler were obtained. A digital 3D model was created prior to penile repositioning using an Artec Space Spider scanner and Artec Studio 13 software. Following the case, two different raters completed 10 digital measurements of each generated model in Autodesk Fusion 360. These digital models were subsequently 3D printed and two different raters completed 10 manual dimension measurements of each 3D printed model using a ruler. A one-way random effects intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) evaluated measures of agreement between and within raters, respectively. Analyses were conducted in R version 4.2. RESULTS: Six scans were obtained (hypospadias: 4, circumcision: 2). Intra-rater assessments showed excellent precision across repeated digital measurements; manual measurements of 3D printed models had excellent reliability for glans width and penile length but poor to good reliability for glans height. Inter-rater reliability was good to excellent for glans width (0.77-0.95) and good for penile length (0.71-0.88). However, there was poor inter-rater reliability for glans height (0-0.14). Following training regarding glans height location, there was an improvement in precision and repeatability of manual and digital measurements. CONCLUSION: Digital measurement of OR-derived 3D models resulted in excellent repeatability for each rater and improved between-rater reliability over manual measurement of 3D printed models alone, ensuring that images can be compared by various surgeons both now and in the future. SLS is promising as a novel modality to digitally generate 3D models, thereby informing phenotypic analysis for research and education. Further development of digital measurement methods to ensure consistency between raters for quantitative assessment of additional parameters and assessment of the technology within the pre-operative environment for surgical planning is planned.
背景:目前,在临床、教育和研究应用中,对尿道下裂的阴茎表型进行评估主要是通过视觉或手动(例如,尺子、量角器)进行。然而,这些方法在评估者之间缺乏精确性和准确性,并且不能在手术修复后进行回顾性重新评估。该项目的目的是评估从术中(OR)结构光扫描(SLS)获得的数字和三维(3D)打印模型中获得的阴茎尺寸的精确性和可靠性,这些模型是在小儿阴茎初次手术期间创建的。
方法:在一家机构中,1 个月至 6 岁的男孩接受了一期或一期阴茎手术,这项前瞻性研究(IRB #20-000143)纳入了这些男孩。对于每个患者,在持续手动张力下放置固定缝线后,立即使用尺子进行术中尺寸测量。使用 Artec Space Spider 扫描仪和 Artec Studio 13 软件,在阴茎重新定位之前创建数字 3D 模型。手术后,两位不同的评估者在 Autodesk Fusion 360 中完成了每个生成模型的 10 次数字测量。随后,将这些数字模型 3D 打印,并由两位不同的评估者使用尺子完成对每个 3D 打印模型的 10 次手动尺寸测量。单向随机效应组内相关系数(ICC)分别评估了评估者之间和评估者内部的测量一致性。分析在 R 版本 4.2 中进行。
结果:共获得 6 个扫描(尿道下裂:4 个,包皮环切术:2 个)。内部评估者评估显示,重复数字测量具有极好的精度;3D 打印模型手动测量的结果显示,龟头宽度和阴茎长度的可靠性极好,而龟头高度的可靠性为差到好。评估者之间的可靠性良好到极好,龟头宽度(0.77-0.95)和阴茎长度(0.71-0.88)。然而,龟头高度的评估者之间的可靠性较差(0-0.14)。经过有关龟头高度位置的培训后,手动和数字测量的精度和可重复性得到了提高。
结论:OR 衍生的 3D 模型的数字测量对于每个评估者来说都具有极好的可重复性,并提高了手动测量 3D 打印模型的评估者之间的可靠性,从而确保了现在和将来,不同外科医生可以比较图像。结构光扫描是一种很有前途的新型方法,可以生成数字 3D 模型,从而为研究和教育提供表型分析。计划进一步开发数字测量方法,以确保评估者之间的一致性,从而对其他参数进行定量评估,并在手术规划的术前环境中评估该技术。
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