Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open (Apr 2018)

Multi-modal 3D Simulation Makes the Impossible Possible

  • Ingrid M. Ganske, MD, MPA,
  • Noah Schulz, MSME,
  • Katie Livingston, ME,
  • Susan Goobie, MD, FRCPC,
  • John G. Meara, MD, DMD, MBA,
  • Mark Proctor, MD,
  • Peter Weinstock, MD, PhD

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000001751
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 4
p. e1751

Abstract

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Summary:. B.Y. was born full term after a large vertex encephalocele was diagnosed prenatally. The unique challenge to repairing B.Y.’s encephalocele was a microcephalic skull and large proportion of likely functional extracranial brain tissue, which would need to be preserved. At Boston Children’s Hospital, a simulation-based collaborative presurgical planning and rehearsal process, using both digital and 3D printed models, enabled successful technical completion and outcome of an otherwise inoperable case.