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Arias-Amezquita E, Alkureishi L, Purnell C, Zhao L, Lee O, Mathis SA, Patel PK, Cohen M. Virtual Reality Planning in Reconstructive Surgery for Orbital Prosthetic Rehabilitation Using ImmersiveTouch Platform: Preliminary Report. J Craniofac Surg 2023:00001665-990000000-01138. [PMID: 37889858 DOI: 10.1097/scs.0000000000009794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2023] [Accepted: 10/01/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND/PURPOSE Virtual reality (VR) is emerging as an effective and intuitive surgical planning and 3D visualization tool. Digital surgical planning is the gold standard for planning the placement of implants in maxillofacial prosthetics, but the field lacks a platform exclusively designed to perform the task. Virtual reality planning (VRP) specific for maxillofacial prosthetics offers the clinician improved control of the presurgical planning and the potential to limit the need to adapt other advanced segmentation software. Furthermore, the virtual plan can be directly translated to the patient through custom 3D printed (3DP) surgical guides and visual aids. To the best of our knowledge, this article outlines the development of the world's first virtual reality planning platform and workflow for pre-operatory planning within a VR environment for clinical use specific to facial prosthetics and anaplastology. METHOD The workflow was applied to managing 2 patients presenting with unilateral total exenteration and severe contracture enucleation, respectively (n=2). A cone-beam CT was acquired for each patient, and their data set was directly imported into the ImmersiveView Surgical Plan VR environment (ImmersiveTouch Inc, Chicago, IL). The clinicians virtually selected appropriately sized craniofacial implants and placed the implants in the desired orientation. Various measurement tools are available to aid in clinical decision-making. The ideal location of craniofacial implants was set according to an orbital and auricular prosthetic reconstruction. The resultant VR plan was exported for 3DP. The patients were evaluated preoperatively and postoperatively using the proposed VRP treatment. The workflow's data accuracy was validated postoperatively by comparing posterative CT data and the proposed VRP. Analysis was performed using Mimics software (Materialise, Leuven, Belgium). RESULT It takes, on average, 10 minutes to place 4 implants in the virtual reality space. The 3DP files resulting from VRP take ~2 hours to print and are constructed with a biocompatible resin appropriate for clinical use as surgical guides. Our user-friendly VRP workflow allows for an accurate simulation of surgical and nonsurgical procedures with an average displacement in XYZ of 0.6 mm and an SD of 0.3 mm. In addition, VRP is an excellent tool to simulate the craniofacial placement procedure and improves unsupervised self-learning teaching. CONCLUSION VRP is an exciting tool for training clinicians and students in complex surgical procedures. This study shows the promising applicability and efficiency of VR in clinical planning and management of facial rehabilitation. Patients allowed to interact with VR have been engaged, which would aid their treatment acceptance and patient education. A valuable advantage of surgical simulation is the reduced costs associated with renting instruments, buying implant dummies, and surgical hardware. The authors will explore VR to plan and treat surgical and nonsurgical reconstructive procedures and improve soft tissue manipulation. This study outlines the development of an original platform and workflow for segmentation, preoperative planning, and digital design within a VR environment and the clinical use in reconstructive surgery and anaplastology.
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Affiliation(s)
- Eduardo Arias-Amezquita
- Department of Surgery, The Craniofacial Center, Division of Plastic, Cosmetic, and Reconstructive Surgery, The University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
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- Department of Surgery, The Craniofacial Center, Division of Plastic, Cosmetic, and Reconstructive Surgery, The University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
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- Department of Surgery, The Craniofacial Center, Division of Plastic, Cosmetic, and Reconstructive Surgery, The University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
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- Department of Surgery, The Craniofacial Center, Division of Plastic, Cosmetic, and Reconstructive Surgery, The University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
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- The University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL
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- Department of Surgery, The Craniofacial Center, Division of Plastic, Cosmetic, and Reconstructive Surgery, The University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
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- Department of Surgery, The Craniofacial Center, Division of Plastic, Cosmetic, and Reconstructive Surgery, The University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
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Kaplan N, Marques M, Scharf I, Yang K, Alkureishi L, Purnell C, Patel P, Zhao L. Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality in Plastic and Craniomaxillofacial Surgery: A Scoping Review. Bioengineering (Basel) 2023; 10:bioengineering10040480. [PMID: 37106667 PMCID: PMC10136227 DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering10040480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2023] [Revised: 04/12/2023] [Accepted: 04/14/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) have evolved since their introduction to medicine in the 1990s. More powerful software, the miniaturization of hardware, and greater accessibility and affordability enabled novel applications of such virtual tools in surgical practice. This scoping review aims to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the literature by including all articles between 2018 and 2021 pertaining to VR and AR and their use by plastic and craniofacial surgeons in a clinician-as-user, patient-specific manner. From the initial 1637 articles, 10 were eligible for final review. These discussed a variety of clinical applications: perforator flaps reconstruction, mastectomy reconstruction, lymphovenous anastomosis, metopic craniosynostosis, dermal filler injection, auricular reconstruction, facial vascularized composite allotransplantation, and facial artery mapping. More than half (60%) involved VR/AR use intraoperatively with the remainder (40%) examining preoperative use. The hardware used predominantly comprised HoloLens (40%) and smartphones (40%). In total, 9/10 Studies utilized an AR platform. This review found consensus that VR/AR in plastic and craniomaxillofacial surgery has been used to enhance surgeons' knowledge of patient-specific anatomy and potentially facilitated decreased intraoperative time via preoperative planning. However, further outcome-focused research is required to better establish the usability of this technology in everyday practice.
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- Nicolas Kaplan
- Division of Plastic, Reconstructive and Cosmetic Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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- Division of Plastic, Reconstructive and Cosmetic Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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- Division of Plastic, Reconstructive and Cosmetic Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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- The Craniofacial Center, Division of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Cosmetic Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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- The Craniofacial Center, Division of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Cosmetic Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
- Shriners Children's Chicago Hospital, Chicago, IL 60707, USA
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- The Craniofacial Center, Division of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Cosmetic Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
- Shriners Children's Chicago Hospital, Chicago, IL 60707, USA
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- The Craniofacial Center, Division of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Cosmetic Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
- Shriners Children's Chicago Hospital, Chicago, IL 60707, USA
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- The Craniofacial Center, Division of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Cosmetic Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
- Shriners Children's Chicago Hospital, Chicago, IL 60707, USA
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Children who have cleft and craniofacial diagnoses require coordinated, interdisciplinary treatment planning from birth to young adulthood. Teams that adhere to the Parameters of Care and maintain annual review by the American Cleft Palate Craniofacial Association Commission on Approval of Teams are published at www.acpa-cpf.org to assist families in obtaining that care. The six critical components to this interdisciplinary care focus on the team's composition, the team's management and responsibilities, the inclusion of patient and family/caregiver communication, an ongoing commitment to cultural competence, the importance of psychosocial and social services provided for the child and family, and the dedication to outcomes assessment. Primary care physicians are in a unique position to help direct families to this online directory for the best possible outcomes. [Pediatr Ann. 2023;52(1):e18-e22.].
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Cataneo JL, Mathis SA, del Valle DD, Perez-Tamayo A, Mellgren A, Alkureishi L, Gantt G. Comparison of Perineal Closure Techniques after Extended Abdominoperineal Resections for Anal Cancer. J Am Coll Surg 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2021.07.419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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