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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Design and Simulate Intracranial Support to Guide Maxillo Surgery: A Study Based on Bioengineering.

Maria Giulia Cristofaro, Elvis Kallaverja, Francesco Ferragina, Ida Barca

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Maria Giulia CristofaroMaxillofacial Surgery Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, "Magna Graecia" University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.
Elvis KallaverjaMaxillofacial Surgery Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, "Magna Graecia" University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1411-7886
Francesco FerraginaMaxillofacial Surgery Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, "Magna Graecia" University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2522-7768
Ida BarcaMaxillofacial Surgery Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, "Magna Graecia" University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3182-5075

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Abstract

backgroundIntraoperative navigation allows for the creation of a real-time relationship between the anatomy imagined during diagnosis/planning and the site of surgical interest. This procedure takes place by identifying and registering trustworthy anatomical markers on planning images and using a point locator during the operation. The locator is calibrated in the workspace by placing a Dynamic Reference Frame (DRF) sensor.

objectiveThis study aims to calculate the localization accuracy of an electromagnetic locator of neuro-maxillofacial surgery, moving the standard sensor position to a different position more suitable for maxillofacial surgery. MATERIALS AND

methodsThe upper dental arch was chosen as an alternative fixed point for the positioning of the sensor. The prototype of a bite support device was designed and generated via 3D printing. CT images of a skull phantom with 10 anatomical landmarks were acquired. The testing procedure consisted of 10 measurements for each position of the sensor: precisely 10 measurements with the sensor placed on the forehead and 10 measurements with the sensor placed on the bite support device. It also evaluated the localization error by comparing the two procedures.

resultsThe localization error, when the sensor was placed on the bite support device, was lower in the sphere located on the temporal bone. It was the same in the spheres located on the maxillary bone. The test analysis of the data of the new device showed that it is reliable; the tests are reproducible and can be considered as accurate as the traditional ones. In addition, the sensor mounted on this device has proven to be slightly superior in terms of accuracy and accuracy in areas such as the middle third of the face and jaw. DISCUSSION AND

conclusionThe realization of the bite support device allowed the sensor to change position concerning its natural site. This procedure allows us to explore structures, such as the frontal site, which were initially difficult to approach with neuronavigation and improves the approach to midface structures, already studied with neuronavigation. The new calibration, with the position of the sensor on the support device in the same reference points sphere, highlighted the reduction in the location error. We can say that the support proposed in this study lays the foundations for a new navigation approach for patients in maxillofacial surgery, by changing the position of the sensor. It has strong points in improving the localization error for some reference points without determining disadvantages both in the calibration and in the surgical impediment.

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electromagnetic navigationimage-guided surgerynavigation systemsinus surgery

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PMCPMC10742407

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