CC BY 4.0 · Rev Bras Ortop (Sao Paulo) 2024; 59(S 01): e73-e77
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1749625
Relato de Caso

Partial Shoulder Arthroplasty Guided by Three-dimensional Prototyping

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1   Divisão de Cirurgia de Ombro e Cotovelo, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (PUC), Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
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1   Divisão de Cirurgia de Ombro e Cotovelo, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (PUC), Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
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2   Divisão de Cirurgia de Mão, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (PUC), Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
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3   Divisão de Cirurgia de Ombro e Cotovelo, Instituto Wilson Mello, Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
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4   Divisão de Cirurgia de Pé e Tornozelo, Escola Paulista de Medicina da Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
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Guilherme Valdir Baldo
5   Divisão de Cirurgia de Ombro e Cotovelo, Centro Universitário para o Desenvolvimento do Alto Vale do Itajaí (UNIDAVI), Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brasil
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Financial Support There was no financial support from public, commercial, or non-profit sources.

Abstract

Three-dimensional (3D) printing technology is a reality in medicine. In Orthopedics and Traumatology, 3D printing guides a precise and tailored surgical treatment. Understanding and disseminating its applicability, use, and outcomes can foster academicism and improve patient care. This is a report of a rare case of a female young adult patient with osteonecrosis of the humeral head due to avascular necrosis developed in early childhood. The treatment was tailored and optimized with 3D printing, which helped determine the steps for partial humeral arthroplasty.

Study carried out at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (PUC), Campinas, SP, Brazil.




Publication History

Received: 29 August 2021

Accepted: 22 November 2021

Article published online:
29 June 2022

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