Benefits
Virtual planning in combination with patient-specific solutions helps better visualize and understand an individual problem of the patient. Custom-made medical devices are created to meet functional and aesthetic needs of the patient. Their use improve standards of case, minimize the risk of complications and lower total cost of treatment.
We help to solve crucial problems of surgical treatment
Postoperative complications
Complications of orthognathic surgery associated with nerve damage is quoted as 12% and may be due to the difficulty od seeing the nerves in the mandibular region[1].
Long surgery time
Usage of the Virtual Surgical Planning for orthognathic surgery reduces the surgery time by 64%[2].
High costs of surgery time
Cost of trauma operating room with staff capacity found be around 28 EUR[3]. The reduction of the surgery time is directly related to the potential costs savings.
References
- Cristina Silva Sousaet al., Complications on orthognathic surgery: A comprehensive review, Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Medicine, and Pathology, 2012.
- Cory M. Resnick et al., Is There a Difference in Cost Between Standard and Virtual Surgical Planning for Orthognathic Surgery, Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 2016
- W.W. Ang, The cost of trauma operating theatre inefficiency, Ann Med Surg(Lond), 2016