Category: Custom Implants

Custom designed 3D printed implants offer a solution in patients where other reconstruction options are not available. For the design and fabrication of these implants, we collaborate with different companies.
A 41 year old female suffered a combination of a large acetabular and a subtotal femoral defect, due to a chronic low grade periprosthetic joint infection of a revision total hip replacement.
The final procedure included reconstruction of the pelvis with an OSSIS® AceOs plus custom acetabular implant. Femoral reconstruction was performed using a MUTARS® proximal femoral replacement with a custom MUTARS C-fit 3D printed joint sparing fixation, preserving the native knee joint and with this preventing the necessity for total femoral replacement.

Patient specific 3D printed hip implants offer a novel method to reconstruct large pelvic defects. Patients with such defects are in general not ambulatory and have large disabilities. These custom designed implants offer a solution in patients where other reconstruction options are not available. For the design and fabrication of these implants, we collaborate with OSSIS, a New Zealand based company.

A multi center study is on going to study the fixation of these implants using Radiostereometry.