EPPOCRATIS: A Point-of-Care Utilization of Virtual Surgical Planning and Three-Dimensional Printing for the Management of Acute Craniomaxillofacial Trauma

Basel A Sharaf; Jonathan M Morris; Doga Kuruoglu

doi:10.3390/jcm10235640

EPPOCRATIS: A Point-of-Care Utilization of Virtual Surgical Planning and Three-Dimensional Printing for the Management of Acute Craniomaxillofacial Trauma

J Clin Med. 2021 Nov 29;10(23):5640. doi: 10.3390/jcm10235640.

Authors

Basel A Sharaf¹, Jonathan M Morris^{2

3}, Doga Kuruoglu¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55902, USA.
² Anatomic Modeling Lab, Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55902, USA.
³ Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55902, USA.

Abstract

While virtual surgical planning (VSP) and three-dimensional planning (3DP) have become important tools in acute craniomaxillofacial surgery, the incorporation of point of care VSP and 3DP is crucial to allow for acute facial trauma care. In this article, we review our approach to acute craniomaxillofacial trauma management, EPPOCRATIS, and discuss current challenges and future directions in acute facial trauma management.

Keywords: facial trauma; maxillofacial fractures; point of care; three-dimensional printing; virtual planning.

Publication types

Review