Abstract

Pre operative assessment and planning is essential part of plastic surgery practice. As many patients present to the plastic surgeon with defect or deformities are concerned about their functional and cosmetic outcomes hence accurate planning is necessary for optimum result in plastic surgery. Conventionally visual assessment and two dimensional pictures were used for pre operative planning. Later 3-D CT scan was used for planning and mock surgery of complex craniofacial deformities. Limitation to this modality is that the planning was limited to computers and there is no physical model for better understanding. 3D printer has remove this limitation and physical model printed from 3D printer provides better understanding and assessment of craniofacial deformities. Through this article we present the use of 3D printing technology in pre operative planning of complex craniofacial deformity

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