ReviewMinimally invasive surgery2018
3D Printing Applications in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery.
Review in Minimally invasive surgery, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03786432 (A Prospective Clinical Pilot Study Of Fusion Rates Using Spira™-C Titanium 3-D Printed Interbody Device For Anterior Cervical Discectomy And Fusion), which is not on this map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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A Prospective Clinical Pilot Study Of Fusion Rates Using Spira™-C Titanium 3-D Printed Interbody Device For Anterior Cervical Discectomy And Fusion
Who cites it
17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- 3D-printed drill guide versus fluoroscopic-guided free-hand technique for pedicle screw insertion in the upper cervical spine: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Musculoskeletal surgery · 2025Pooled it
- Patient-specific three-dimensional printing spine model for surgical planning in AO spine type-C fracture posterior long-segment fixation.Acta orthopaedica et traumatologica turcica · 2022Trial
- Additive Manufacturing Using Multi-Materials: Materials, Processes, and Applications.Polymers · 2026Review
- Case Report: Patient-specific 3D-printed preoperative simulation for tailored resection and reconstruction in complex vertebral tumors: a case of giant recurrent chondrosarcoma at the cervicothoracic junction.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Article
- Assessment of the accuracy of patient-specific drilling guides for cervical (C5-C6) and lumbar (L4-L5) vertebrae in cats.Veterinarni medicina · 2025Article
- Current update and trend of 3D printing in spinal surgery: A bibliometric analysis and review of literature.Journal of orthopaedics · 2024Review
- Application of three-dimensional printed biomodels in endoscopic spinal surgery.Journal of spine surgery (Hong Kong) · 2024Article
- Multimodality Imaging for 3D Printing and Surgical Rehearsal in Complex Spine Surgery.Radiographics : a review publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc · 2024Article
- 3D-Printed Spine Models for Planning Staged Minimally Invasive Transverse Process Resections for Bertolotti Syndrome: Technical Note.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2024Article
- Recent advances of 3D-printing in spine surgery.Surgical neurology international · 2024Review
- Research relating to three-dimensional (3D) printing in spine surgery: a bibliometric analysis.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2023Article
- Artificial lamina after laminectomy: Progress, applications, and future perspectives.Frontiers in surgery · 2023Review
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- Understanding the Future Prospects of Synergizing Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion Surgery with Ceramics and Regenerative Cellular Therapies.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
- Three-Dimensional Printing in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery.Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine · 2019Review
- 3D printing in spine surgery.Annals of translational medicine · 2019Review
- Current status of 3D printing in spine surgery.Journal of clinical orthopaedics and traumaReview
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Abstract
3D printing (3DP) technology continues to gain popularity among medical specialties as a useful tool to improve patient care. The field of spine surgery is one discipline that has utilized this; however, information regarding the use of 3DP in minimally invasive spine surgery (MISS) is limited. 3D printing is currently being utilized in spine surgery to create biomodels, hardware templates and guides, and implants. Minimally invasive spine surgeons have begun to adopt 3DP technology, specifically with the use of biomodeling to optimize preoperative planning. Factors limiting widespread adoption of 3DP include increased time, cost, and the limited range of diagnoses in which 3DP has thus far been utilized. 3DP technology has become a valuable tool utilized by spine surgeons, and there are limitless directions in which this technology can be applied to minimally invasive spine surgery.
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