Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery
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Zhongguo Xiu Fu Chong Jian Wai Ke Za Zhi · Mar 2014
[Application of three-dimensional printing technique in correction of mandibular prognathism].
To establish a method to prefabricate titanium plate with three-dimensional (3-D) printing technique for correction of mandibular prognathism in sagittal splint ramous osteotomy (SSRO). ⋯ With the titanium plate fabricated based on 3-D models, surgeons are able to improve or refine surgical planning so that the operation can be performed according to preoperative simulation precisely and the complications, such as dislocation of temporomandibular joint, can be prevented.