Precision
down to
2 mm.
Surgical guides are patient-specific navigation systems, 3D-printed from digital pre-surgical planning and the patient’s CT. They make complex operations safer, faster and more precise.
Plan every detail
before the first cut.
Surgical guides are used for more safety and precision in complex clinical cases. Based on specialised software and the patient’s CT, they let doctors plan every detail of the surgery.
Surgeons can find the safest and most efficient course of action, play out the possible scenarios — and reduce operating time, costs and the risk of unpredictable complications.
Meet
Lizzie.
Today Lizzie is a happy Yorkshire terrier from Varna. When she was 8 months old, she began to lose her ability to move — and her condition deteriorated fast.
The diagnosis
Doctors found a deformed seventh thoracic vertebra. To adapt to it, the nearby vertebrae also deformed — a serious spinal pathology that constantly compressed her spinal cord. Soon she was falling and dragging her limbs.
The challenge
Lizzie’s spine was tiny. The implant was 1.5 mm in size — and the place where it had to be positioned was only about 2 mm.
The plan
Dr. Hristov, a specialist in small-animal surgery and part of the Bulgarian Association of Veterinary Orthopedics and Traumatology, turned to us. Using a 3D-printed model of her spine, his team rehearsed every action before the actual operation.
The operation
In the operating theatre they used surgical guides printed with the same technology — patient-specific navigation through which the implant was positioned with perfect accuracy.
The result
As soon as she got home, Lizzie could move. Soon she was taking long walks in the park. Today there is no trace of the intervention — she is back to the full life every living being deserves.
Planning a
complex surgery?
For people and animals — we design and print the guide your case needs.