New virtual-reality technology and 3D printing techniques will create ‘digital patients’ to improve surgery for Queensland children with orthopaedic deformity.
This is the way of the future with new Australian-first work from Griffith University showing that virtual technology techniques can guide the way for orthopaedic surgeons to more accurately plan and undertake their surgery.
Aided by a $300,000 Advance Queensland Fellowship and working in collaboration with the Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service, Dr Chris Carty from Griffith’s Menzies Health Institute Queensland is at the forefront of the work, which aims to provide orthopaedic surgeons with the ability to provide personalised patient solutions including better surgical results and enhanced post-operative function.
“The personalisation of the ‘digital patient’ represents a step change in the treatment of children with lower limb deformity,” says Dr Carty. “Current treatment involves consultation with a doctor, then surgery followed by evaluation.
“Unfortunately the current methods ignore the fact that
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