Materialise 3D Printing Solutions Improve Pediatric Care in U.S.
March 15 2017 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Imagine a child who wants to run and throw a ball with their
friend, but due to a bone deformity, they’re unable to participate
and must instead watch from the sidelines. No longer does that
child need to be sidelined, Materialise (NASDAQ:MTLS) has clearance
for 3D-printed patient-specific radius and ulna osteotomy guides
for children as young as seven years to help orthopaedic surgeons
understand and execute even the most complex cases. These
3D-printed guides, when used in coordination with 3D pre-operative
planning, help surgeons improve planning processes to increase
confidence both before and during the surgery that the desired
outcome will be obtained.
Prior to this new FDA clearance, pediatric osteotomy planning
was done using X-ray images to draw freehand surgical plans.
Whether caused by trauma or natural-occurring, a deformity in the
upper extremities in children can be difficult to fully visualize
and plan for, and in cases where a child has lost the ability to
rotate their forearm, surgical correction can be quite challenging.
No matter how skilled the surgeon or how much planning goes into
preparation, there was always a level of uncertainty when relying
on a freehand model. In fact, approximately 60 percent of
osteotomies, in the distal-radius actually never obtained the
planned correction. With this new clearance that will change for
children 7 years and older. Advances in medical 3D printing by
Materialise allow the creation of patient-specific guides at a
reasonable cost.
“In bringing this 3D printing technology to pediatric surgery,
surgeons will have access to our clinical engineers’ wealth of
experience developing osteotomy guides, helping them perform even
the most complex bone corrections that will have a positive impact
on the rest of the child’s life,” said Bryan Crutchfield, Vice
President and General Manager Materialise North America.
With more than 1,000 clinical osteotomy consultations with adult
patients under their belt, Materialise is able to provide their
expertise in 3D-printed surgical planning for operations on
children ages seven and up. Each 3D printed surgical guide, created
by Materialise in collaboration with the surgeon, is
patient-specific and designed to fit uniquely on the bone of the
patient leading to a more predictable outcome.
In complex cases, like one in the UK, surgeons can work directly
with Materialise Clinical Engineers to help guide them through the
process and produce the best osteotomy guide available for that
child. Because each guide is patient-specific, they are uniquely
able to handle these complex cases and have in some cases been used
to perform first of their kind corrections.
In the United Kingdom, a young man underwent surgery on a
routine wrist fracture, but following the procedure he suffered
complications due to further bone deterioration and would need
additional surgery to repair the damage and alleviate his pain.
Materialise scanned both his healthy and fractured wrist and were
able to plan the optimal cuts to be made by the surgeon and
designed surgical guides for his unique case. This first of its
kind surgery was successful and no further complications have
appeared.
This pioneering procedure can now be applied to children seven
years and older, and can give them hope that no matter how complex
their case may be, they don’t need to be sidelined forever. They
can be playing with their friends and living a normal life thanks
to this 3D printed solution.
Materialise has worked closely with surgeons and hospitals
around the world for nine years to develop and refine the process
to implement 3D-printed osteotomy guides in complex bone
corrections in adults. In expanding this technology to children,
Materialise hopes to directly contribute to better and healthier
lives for them.
Materialise has leveraged more than 26 years of experience in
the 3D printing industry to develop software and services that act
as the backbone of 3D printing solutions, helping partners in the
healthcare, technology and manufacturing industries implement
3D-printed solutions for their customers and working with medical
professionals to help them efficiently develop and implement
solutions to improve access to the cost-saving, patient specific
benefits of 3D printing.
Materialise’s full range of end-to-end 3D printing solutions for
the orthopaedic industry, including surgical planning software and
patient-specific medical devices, are on display at booth #5423 at
the AAOS Annual meeting through March 17, 2017.
About Materialise
Materialise incorporates more than 26 years of 3D printing
experience into a range of software solutions and 3D printing
services, which together form the backbone of 3D printing
technologies. Materialise’s open and flexible solutions enable
players in a wide variety of industries, including healthcare,
automotive, aerospace, art and design, and consumer goods, to build
innovative 3D printing applications that aim to make the world a
better and healthier place. Headquartered in Belgium, with branches
worldwide, Materialise combines the largest group of software
developers in the industry with one of the largest 3D printing
facilities in the world. For additional information, please visit:
www.materialise.com.
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