ArticleYonsei medical journal2020
3D Printer Application for Endoscope-Assisted Spine Surgery Instrument Development: From Prototype Instruments to Patient-Specific 3D Models.
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- Radiologic and Clinical Predictors of Reoperation Following Unilateral Biportal Endoscopic Spine Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Yonsei medical journal · 2026Article
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- 3D printing in spine care: A review of current applications.Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma · 2022Article
- Point-of-care manufacturing: a single university hospital's initial experience.3D printing in medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
Developing new surgical instruments is challenging. While making surgical instruments could be a good field of application for 3D printers, attempts to do so have proven limited. We designed a new endoscope-assisted spine surgery system, and using a 3D printer, attempted to create a complex surgical instrument and to evaluate the feasibility thereof. Developing the new surgical instruments using a 3D printer consisted of two parts: one part was the creation of a prototype instrument, and the other was the production of a patient model. We designed a new endoscope-assisted spine surgery system with a cannula for the endoscope and working instruments and extra cannula that could be easily added. Using custom-made patient-specific 3D models, we conducted discectomies for paramedian and foraminal discs with both the newly designed spine surgery system and conventional tubular surgery. The new spine surgery system had an extra portal that can be well bonded in by a magnetic connector and greatly expanded the range of access for instruments without unnecessary bone destruction. In foraminal discectomy, the newly designed spine surgery system showed less facet resection, compared to conventional surgery. We were able to develop and demonstrate the usefulness of a new endoscope-assisted spine surgery system relying on 3D printing technology. Using the extra portal, the usability of endoscope-assisted surgery could be greatly increased. We suggest that 3D printing technology can be very useful for the realization and evaluation of complex surgical instrument systems.
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