Cases

Reducing the Guess Work with Patient-Specific Guides

A 51-year old man presented with a distal radius malunion, exhibiting a notably excessive volar tilt. Normally a severe deformity such as this poses a challenge to surgeons. Fortunately, Dr. Evans and his personal engineer at Materialise were able to work out the correct positions of the osteotomy and distal fragment.

Complex Intra-Articular Osteotomy Simplified to Conventional Fracture

A 58-year-old woman sustained an intra-articular radius fracture after a fall. Her initial treatment consisted of closed reduction and percutanious k-wire fixation. Shortly after the k-wires were removed, the patient began to experience problems moving her wrist and severe pain. By the time she reported this to a doctor, she was already suffering from a complex intra-articular malunion.

Striking the Right Note with a Well-Planned Radius Reconstruction

The patient, a 15-year-old boy, experienced problems with supination, in addition to a lack of pronation after conservative treatment of a double radius fracture. Thanks to Materialise's surgery planning and guide design services, surgery time decreased from 3 hours to 45 minutes.