Establishment of the digital model of congenital deformed thorax and rib defect templates / 中华整形外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective@#To establish the three-dimensional digital model of congenital thoracic deformity and the rib defect templates.@*Methods@#22 patients(admitted from Feb 2000 to Feb 2016) with thoracic deformity all received continuous volumetric scanning of chest with 64 slice spiral CT and 3D model reconstruction was performed .The digital data were processed by the Mimics 17.0 software and the entity thoracic model could be made by 3D printers with these processed data. Digital normal thorax model was also reversed by the mirror method.@*Results@#These digital data models of 22 cases with thoracic deformity were established and entity models were gained by 3D printers. Normal ribs templates were made for 11 cases(5 Poland syndrome cases, 5 funnel chest cases and 1 rib defect case).@*Conclusions@#Digital model of thoracic deformity can be established by Mimics 17.0 software with processed CT scan data. 3D printers can be used to gain the entity models, which play the important role in designing accurate and personalized thoracic contour for plastic surgery in the future.