Simulation with three dimensional modeling before spinal surgery and its effects on the surgery

İsmail Kaya; İlker Deniz Cingöz; M. Cansu Şahin; Nevin Aydın; Hasan Emre Aydın; Ali Arslantaş; Egemen Nursoy

İsmail Kaya https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5117-8066
İlker Deniz Cingöz https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0452-7606
M. Cansu Şahin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5743-3734
Nevin Aydın https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1949-2765
Hasan Emre Aydın https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8932-1542
Ali Arslantaş https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0847-9015
Egemen Nursoy https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2588-7579

Keywords: Neurosurgery, spinal surgery, three dimensional modeling

Abstract

Three-dimensional printers which are among the popular innovations of today are used increasingly more in the medical field as in every field of life and they make the surgical operation easier. When customizable materials are combined with technology, we have successful results and fewer complications. The objective of our study was to demonstrate the advantages provided by three-dimensional modeling methods in neurosurgery practice for both the surgeon and the patient. We reached the conclusion that 3D printing techniques were the practically and anatomically correct methods for the production of patient-specific models for surgical planning, simulation and training, tissue engineering implants and the secondary devices. Thus, the progress of this technology may contribute to the progress of the neurosurgery field in several aspects.