3D printing of patient-specific anatomy: A tool to improve patient consent and enhance imaging interpretation by trainees

Yaoren Liew; Erin Beveridge; Andreas K Demetriades; Mark A Hughes

doi:10.3109/02688697.2015.1026799

3D printing of patient-specific anatomy: A tool to improve patient consent and enhance imaging interpretation by trainees

Br J Neurosurg. 2015;29(5):712-4. doi: 10.3109/02688697.2015.1026799. Epub 2015 Mar 30.

Authors

Yaoren Liew¹, Erin Beveridge², Andreas K Demetriades³, Mark A Hughes³

Affiliations

¹ a University of Edinburgh Medical School , Edinburgh , Midlothian , UK.
² b School of Life Sciences, University of Glasgow , Glasgow , UK.
³ c Department of Clinical Neurosciences , Western General Hospital , Edinburgh , UK.

PMID: 25822093
DOI: 10.3109/02688697.2015.1026799

Abstract

We report the use of three-dimensional or 3D printed, patient-specific anatomy as a tool to improve informed patient consent and patient understanding in a case of posterior lumbar fixation. Next, we discuss its utility as an educational tool to enhance imaging interpretation by neurosurgery trainees.

Keywords: 3D printing; medical education; patient consent.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Female
Humans
Informed Consent
Lumbosacral Region / anatomy & histology
Lumbosacral Region / surgery
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Middle Aged
Models, Anatomic*
Neurosurgery / education*
Precision Medicine / methods*
Printing, Three-Dimensional*
Spinal Fusion / methods*
Spine / anatomy & histology*
Spine / surgery*
Spondylolisthesis / surgery
Tomography, X-Ray Computed