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Cranio-maxillofacial surgery
Surgery in the cranial and maxillofacial region is technically
challenging and its outcome has great impact on a patient's quality of
life. Surgical procedures in this area, therefore, require careful
planning and precise execution. The goal of this project is to develop
computer-aided tools to facilitate the planning of a surgical
procedure and realisation of that plan.
A custom software environment that virtually performs osteotomies,
places distraction devices, and relocates bone segments, has been
developed for planning this type of surgical procedures. Once
completed, the surgical plan is loaded into the navigation application
for intra-operative guidance. The surgeon is aided in accurately
positioning the bone segments according to the preoperative plan.
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