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Article3D printing in medicine2022

Digital workflow for fabrication of bespoke facemask in burn rehabilitation with smartphone 3D scanner and desktop 3D printing: clinical case study.

Bushra Alhazmi, Feras Alshomer, Abdualziz Alazzam, Amany Shehabeldin, Obaid Almeshal, Deepak M Kalaskar

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Bushra AlhazmiDivision of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard - Health Affairs (MNG-HA), King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (KAIMRC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Feras AlshomerDivision of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard - Health Affairs (MNG-HA), King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (KAIMRC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Dr.fshomer@gmail.com.
Abdualziz AlazzamDivision of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard - Health Affairs (MNG-HA), King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (KAIMRC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Amany ShehabeldinDepartment of occupational therapy, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Obaid AlmeshalDivision of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard - Health Affairs (MNG-HA), King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (KAIMRC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Deepak M KalaskarUCL Institute of Musculoskeletal Sciences (IOMS), Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital-NHS Trust, Stanmore, Middlesex, HA7 4LP, UK. d.kalaskar@ucl.ac.uk.

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Abstract

We present a digital workflow for the production of custom facial orthosis used for burn scar management using smartphone three-dimensional (3D) scanner and desktop 3D printing. 3D facial scan of a 48-year-old lady with facial burn scars was obtained. 3D modeling with open-source programs were used to create facemask then 3D printed using rigid polylactic acid (PLA) filament and semi-rigid thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU). Conventional facemask was used as a control. Each mask was worn for 7 days. Primary outcomes were level of comfort, and adherence to treatment. The conventional facemask was the most convenient followed by the TPU-facemask (mean comfort score of 9/10 and 8.7/10, respectively). Patient's compliance was high for both TPU and conventional masks, each was worn for at least 21 hours/day for 7 days. On the contrary, PLA-facemask was not well tolerated. The proposed digital workflow is simple, patient-friendly and can be adopted for resource-intensive healthcare.

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3D printing3D scanningBurnFace maskOrthosisScar

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PMID35507199
PMCPMC9069819

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