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Automating the optimal positioning for plates in a 3D planned osteotomy
Nes, E van de and Lensink, T and Appelman, L and Wielen, M.C.B.J. van der (2024) Automating the optimal positioning for plates in a 3D planned osteotomy.
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| Abstract: | Every year, 45,000 patients in the Netherlands suffer distal radius fractures, with 24% of conservatively treated cases resulting in distal radius malunion (DRMU). The surgical correction involves repositioning the radius head and securing it with a metal plate. Accurate plate positioning is critical for stability during placement, to avoid complications and ensure effective treatment. The study addresses leveraging surgical knowledge for automation, ensuring high validity in plate positioning, and comparing the time required for manual and automated methods. Automating the positioning process of the volar plate in 3D planned osteotomies significantly reduces labour time compared to the manual method. The automated method places more plate points within 0.1 mm of the bone surface, providing stability. Although some parts of the plate may be suboptimally positioned within the bone, which makes the exact placement position impossible, manual adjustments to the automated positioning are still less time-consuming than the fully manual positioning process. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | TNW: Science and Technology |
| Subject: | 44 medicine |
| Programme: | Technical Medicine BSc (50033) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/101571 |
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