Status and role of three-dimensional printing technology in spine surgery / 中国组织工程研究

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Spine has a variety of morphological structures and complicated adjacent location, so the surgery to treat spinal abnormality is a difficult. Three-dimensional (3D) printing technology can transform 3D digital model into physical model, which has been widely used in the field of medicine, even popularized gradually in spine surgery. OBJECTIVE: To summarize the application and status of 3D printing technology in spine surgery, and to make aprospect. METHODS: The first author retrieved CNKI, Baidu Xueshu, Google Scholar, WanFang and PubMed databases for the articles published from 2010 to 2016 using the keywords of 3D printing technology, spine surgery, navigation template,spine physical model, pedicle screw, individualized implants, clinical teaching in Chinese and English, respectively.Finally 29 eligible literatures were enrolled for further analysis in accordance with the inclusion and exclusion criteria.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: 3D printing technology has been extensively applied in spine surgery, and shows rapid development in preoperative diagnosis, intraoperative navigation, communication, teaching, graft production, implant customization, bone tissue engineering and other aspects. With the development of society, and medical imaging, 3D printing technology will be more promising in the field of medicine, especially in spine surgery