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Journal of Polymer & Composites Original Research Special issue Open Access

Feasibility of 3D Printed Temporal Bone for surgical simulation and practice

  1. Piyush D. Ukey Department of Industrial & Production Engineering, Dr. B R Ambedkar NIT Jalandhar
  2. Narendra Kumar Department of Industrial & Production Engineering, Dr. B R Ambedkar NIT Jalandhar
  3. Ravi Pratap Singh Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra

Abstract

Temporal bone (Ear Bone) has the most complex anatomical structure in body. ENT Surgeons need lot of practice before doing any surgery. Dissecting cadaver temporal bone is best teaching aid available with ENT surgeons, but have several constrains like legal, ethical, religious ground etc., restricts the hands-on dissection training. Availability of cadaver temporal bone is also very limited; it also houses many infectious agents and viruses. With recent advancement in 3D printing, it is possible to fabricate accurate 3D printed temporal bone with all the intricate anatomical details. Internal and external anatomical structures and landmarks can be easily identified in the 3D printed temporal bone. 3D printed temporal bone is validated by a group of ENT surgeons comprises of post graduate students and senior surgeons (No of participants = 30). 3D printed temporal bone is validated based on usefulness of the model for surgical simulation and tasked based usefulness (surgeries that can be practiced). Results shows that the 3D printed temporal bone model is highly accepted by the validating group for the hands-on surgical simulation and practice and can be used as substitute of cadaveric temporal bone for enhancing surgical skills of ENT surgeons.

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