Clinical efficacy of CT modeling and 3D printing in the treatment of ankle fracture / 中国综合临床

ABSTRACT

Objective:To explore the effect of 3D printing technology on ankle fracture surgery.Methods:This study was a case-control study.Forty five patients with ankle fractures admitted to the Department of Orthopaedics of the Affiliated Hospital of North China University of Science and Technology from January 2017 to May 2022 were selected. Divide into an observation group and a control group using the random number table method. The control group received open reduction and internal fixation of the ankle joint under X-ray assistance, while the observation group used Mimics software modeling and 3D printing models to assist in open reduction and internal fixation of the ankle joint. Compare the surgical time, intraoperative bleeding volume, intraoperative X-ray exposure frequency, postoperative physician fatigue scale 14 (FS-14) score, fracture reduction quality, fracture healing time, and ankle joint function at 6 months after surgery between the two groups of patients. The measurement data is represented by ± s, and the two groups are compared using t-tests with two independent samples; Counting data is represented by examples (%), χ 2 test is used for inter group comparison, and rank sum test is used for inter group comparison of rank data. Results:The observation group had shorter surgical time than the control group [(134.16±25.61) minutes compared to (163.38±41.90) minutes], with less intraoperative bleeding and fewer intraoperative X-ray exposure times than the control group [(46.32±29.29) mL compared to (99.62±77.85) mL, (13.68±3.50) times compared to (18.54±6.09) times], and lower postoperative physician fatigue scores than the control group [(9.77±2.02) points compared to (12.13±1.73) points], The differences between groups were statistically significant (t-values in decibels were 2.69, 3.20, 3.12, and 4.20, all P<0.05). The quality of postoperative fracture reduction in the observation group was excellent in 12 cases, good in 5 cases, and poor in 2 cases; The quality of postoperative fracture reduction in the control group was excellent in 7 cases, good in 16 cases, and poor in 3 cases. Compared between groups, the observation group had better postoperative fracture reduction quality than the control group ( Z=-2.05, P=0.040). At a follow-up of 6 months after surgery, there was no statistically significant difference in bone healing time between the two groups ( P>0.05). The AOFAS score in the observation group was higher than that in the control group (91.63±2.83) compared to (88.92±3.92), and the difference was statistically significant ( t=2.56, P=0.014). Conclusions:Using Mimics software modeling and 3D printing technology to assist ankle fracture surgery can shorten the operation time, reduce the use rate of X-ray, reduce the fatigue of doctors, and improve the quality of joint reduction and ankle function.