Virtual reality and 3D printing in clinical anesthesia: a case series of two years’ experience in a single tertiary medical centre
Authors' conclusion
Three-dimensional modelling and subsequent printing or VR reconstruction are feasible in clinical anesthesia. Its routine use for patients with challenging airway anatomy correlated well with the final clinical outcome in most cases.
Study context
- Population
- Patients referred for preoperative airway planning with 3D modelling, Tel Aviv Medical Center, July 2019–June 2021referred for 3D modelling
- Participants
- 20 patients
- Exposure
- 3D-printed model vs virtual reality (VR) reconstruction
- 3D-printed modeln = 15
- VR reconstructionn = 5
- Outcome
- Correlation between model-based airway plan and actual airway plan
Methodological detailssingle-centre
- Single-centre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Model plan matched final airway plan
Model plan matched final airway plan
17
Model plan did not correlate with final airway plan
2
10%
Model could not be created (poor underlying imaging)
1
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Model types
- Printed models in children requiring OLV
- 12
- VR reconstructions with mediastinal masses
- 3
- Both 3D-printed model and VR reconstruction
- 1
Safety
- Anesthetic complications
- 0
Original publication
Virtual reality and 3D printing in clinical anesthesia: a case series of two years’ experience in a single tertiary medical centre. Can J Anaesth. Published 27 July 2023. doi:10.
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