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J Oral Maxillofac Surg
69:300-308, 2011



                  Surgical Navigation in
          Craniomaxillofacial Surgery: Expensive
          Toy or Useful Tool? A Classification of
                   Different Indications
                                           Heinz-Theo Lübbers, MD, DMD,*
                              Christine Jacobsen, MD, DMD,† Felix Matthews, MD, MBA,‡
                              Klaus W. Grätz, MD, DMD,§ Astrid Kruse, MD, DMD, and
                                          Joachim A. Obwegeser, MD, DMD¶

The complex 3-dimensional (3D) anatomy and geom-                              ble7-9 or retaining the mandible in a defined position
etry of the human skull and face combined with the                            against the maxilla.7,10-15 Thus, the state of surgical
need for precise symmetry poses challenges for re-                            navigation of the mandible has been deemed unsatis-
constructive surgery of the region. Therefore, and                            factory to date.16
with the technical improvements during the past 10                              The aim of the present study was to evaluate the
years or so, surgical navigation has become an estab-                         feasibility and limitations of surgical navigation. In
lished technique in craniomaxillofacial surgery.1-4                           addition, we determined the time and effort of the
   Many technical problems have been solved, and the                          surgical team in relation to the benefit.
accuracy of multiple strategies of imaging and regis-
tration has been proved.5 However, the procedure of                           Materials and Methods
preparing a patient for navigation is still linked to
extra effort for the patient and surgeon. Even nonin-                            Surgical procedures performed at the Clinic for
vasive registration procedures, such as a splint fixed                         Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery at the University Hospi-
to the upper jaw, as described by Schramm et al,6                             tal, Zurich from 2003 to 2009 in which surgical nav-
require dental impressions and additional imaging                             igation was performed or had been discussed preop-
with the splint in situ.                                                      eratively were evaluated for typical patterns. Four
   Insecurity surrounds surgical navigation of the                            different groups of typical clinical situations in the daily
lower jaw with different techniques available, such as                        routines of craniomaxillofacial surgery are presented
mounting a dynamic reference frame to the mandi-                              (Table 1). From these, a classification of the indications
                                                                              for surgical navigation was derived (Table 2).

   *Consultant, Clinic for Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, University             GROUP 1, DIFFICULT RECONSTRUCTION
Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.                                                    A patient was referred to our clinic with a history of
   †Consultant, Clinic for Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, University           an untreated facture of the left zygomatic bone. The
Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.                                                esthetic result was poor, and the need for surgical
   ‡Research Fellow, Surgical Planning Laboratory, Harvard Medical            revision was indicated. The patient had no functional
School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA.                             symptoms, such as double vision or reduced eye mo-
   §Full Professor and Chairman of the Clinic for Cranio-Maxillofa-           tility. Because a single-sided defect in complex anat-
cial Surgery, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland; Dean of Med-          omy is the classic situation for preplanning using
ical Faculty, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.                      virtual mirroring of the healthy side, it was decided to
    Consultant, Clinic for Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, University           use surgical navigation for this patient. Because the
Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.                                                upper jaw was edentulous and because of the need
   ¶Leading Consultant and Vice Chairman, Clinic for Cranio-                  for precise registration over a large surgical field, 6
Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.              bone screws were implanted with the patient under
    Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr Lübbers: Clinic         local anesthesia (Fig 1). They were spread over a wide
for Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital, Frauenklin-            polygon and served as fiducial markers for registra-
ikstrasse 24, Zurich 8127 Switzerland; e-mail: t.luebbers@gmail.com           tion.5 Next, a cone beam computed tomography
© 2011 American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons                (CBCT) scan was acquired, which served as a baseline
0278-2391/11/6901-0044$36.00/0                                                data set for preoperative planning and operative nav-
doi:10.1016/j.joms.2010.07.016                                                igation.


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 Table 1. OVERVIEW OF TYPICAL INDICATIONS FOR SURGICAL NAVIGATION

                                                                      Additional Time Needed for
Group       Example Diagnosis             Typical Preparation                 Navigation                       Comments

  1     Secondary correction of       Implantation of bone screwsScrew implantation: 90 min Situation with maximal time
          zygomatic bone after          with patient under local Preoperative planning: 150    and effort required
          untreated or                  anesthesia                  min*                       because of edentulous
          insufficiently treated       Acquisition of new data setSurgical navigation: 45 min   maxilla and need for high
          trauma in an                Virtual template using     Postoperative evaluation:     accuracy over wide
          edentulous patient            mirroring                   30 min                     surgical field
                                                                                             Good clinical outcome can
                                                                                               be expected
  2     Acute trauma               Individualization of          Splint preparation: 20 min Less time-consuming
        Orbital floor fracture        prefabricated maxillary     Preoperative planning: 90     because of smaller
           with difficulties in       splint                         min*                       surgical field and stable
           identifying bony edges Acquisition of new data set Surgical navigation: 30 min      dentition in maxilla
                                   Virtual template using        Postoperative evaluation:   Good clinical outcome can
                                     mirroring                      15 min                     be expected
  3     Foreign body close to      Impression and splint         Split preparation: 60 min   More time-consuming
           bony structures           construction                Preoperative planning:        because of complex
        Lingual displaced root     Acquisition of new data set      30 min                     double-splint technique
           fragment                Marking of root fragment      Surgical navigation: 15 min Fast planning process
                                                                 Postoperative               Good clinical outcome can
                                                                    evaluation: NA             be expected
  4     Bilateral midface fracture Decision against primary navigation (which can be used    Possibly poor clinical
                                     later when orbital floor reconstruction of 1 side shown    outcome
                                     to be more sufficient than other)                        Need for secondary
                                                                                               correction of 1 orbital
                                                                                               floor
*Time estimation determined using cone beam computed tomography data set; faster with multislice computed tomography.
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   The 3D data set was imported into the navigation                  affected side, and fine positioning was performed
system (iPlan ENT, version 2.6; BrainLAB, Feldkirchen,               manually. Structures not affected by the trauma acted
Germany). A semiautomatic threshold segmentation of                  as a reference (Fig 2). The plan was then discussed
the healthy right side was performed and manually op-                with the interdisciplinary surgical team during the
timized. The resulting 3D object was mirrored to the                 preoperative briefing.


 Table 2. CLASSIFICATION OF INDICATIONS FOR SURGICAL NAVIGATION

        Class I (Clear Indication)*                  Class II (Limited Indication)†                 Class III (No Indication)

Complex unilateral orbital wall fracture       Simple orbital wall fractures                  Bilateral orbital floor fracture‡
   (eg, missing edges, large extension)
Comminuted unilateral fracture of              Simple fracture of lateral midface             Bilateral fracture of lateral midface§
   lateral midface                                                                            Fracture of central midface or
                                                                                                lower jaw
Bony tumors with                               Bony tumors without
  Expected difficulties in judging                Expected difficulties in judging the          Soft tissue tumors†
    resection margins                              resection margins
  Relevant structures close to tumor             Relevant structures close to tumor
Bony reconstruction in complex 3D              Bony reconstruction in simple 3D               Soft tissue reconstruction
    anatomy                                        anatomy
Foreign bodies in bone                         Foreign bodies in close bony structures        Foreign bodies in soft tissue
*Surgical navigation should be performed.
  †Surgical navigation can be used if no additional procedures are necessary for preparation.
  ‡Indicated in clinical studies with evaluation of (individualized) atlas-based virtual reconstruction.
  §Indicated in extensive technical setup with additional data (eg, operative ultrasonography or magnetic resonance imaging).
   In lower jaw, only if fixation of mandible against maxilla in same defined position is feasible for preoperative data
acquisition and surgical navigation.
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                                                                      was osteotomized and repositioned according to the
                                                                      surgeon’s clinical judgment and surgical navigation.
                                                                        Postoperatively, a CBCT data set was acquired, and
                                                                      the data were fused with the preoperative data set
                                                                      and the virtual plan using semiautomatic fusion and
                                                                      determined from the unaffected regions of the bone,
                                                                      including the right orbit, skull base, and occiput.
                                                                         GROUP 2, ACUTE TRAUMA
                                                                         The diagnosis of a severe orbital floor fracture due
                                                                      to trauma is a regular event. Clinically, enophthalmus
                                                                      combined with double vision in all directions is a
                                                                      typical sign. Eye motility is often reduced. Because of
                                                                      the extent of the fracture and the missing bony mar-
FIGURE 1. Titanium screws serving as bone-anchored fiducial
markers spread over wide polygon for maximum accuracy in large        gins in some areas, a decision was made to use surgi-
field.                                                                 cal navigation.
Lübbers et al. Surgical Navigation in Craniomaxillofacial Sur-           A prefabricated splint with the necessary fiducial
gery. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2011.                                    markers for point-to-point registration was individual-
                                                                      ized using impression material (Fig 3), and a CBCT
                                                                      scan was acquired. Planning was performed by mir-
   Surgery started with opening the necessary coronal                 roring the healthy orbit, as described in the previous
approach and fixation of the dynamic reference                         section (Fig 4).
frame, which served to calculate the influence of                         The reconstruction of the orbital floor was done
camera or patient movements on the registration.                      with a titanium mesh using a transconjunctival ap-
Landmark checks were done after registration and                      proach, and the position of the mesh was adjusted
before any surgical navigation. The zygomatic bone                    under the control of the surgical navigation. A post-




                           FIGURE 2. Healthy side mirrored to affected side served as virtual plan (green).
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                                                                         mandible are often referred to maxillofacial surgeons.
                                                                         Sometimes—such as had occurred in the presented ex-
                                                                         ample—an immediate attempt by an oral surgeon to
                                                                         visualize and remove the fragment with the patient un-
                                                                         der local anesthesia fails. In the present case, the patient
                                                                         was then referred to our clinic. The initial CBCT scan
                                                                         showed the fragment in the mouth floor almost directly
                                                                         lingual to the alveolar socket (Fig 6). Owing to the
                                                                         known difficulties with foreign body removal and the
                                                                         previous unsuccessful attempt with the patient under
                                                                         local anesthesia, the decision was made to use surgical
                                                                         navigation with the patient under general anesthesia
                                                                         after a 3-month interval, which was expected to provide
                                                                         fixation of the fragment inside the scar tissue. After 3
FIGURE 3. Prefabricated splint carrying fiducial markers for              months, a positioning splint was designed that fixated
point-to-point registration after individualization with impression
material.
                                                                         the mandible in a defined position against the maxilla
                                                                         and included fiducial markers for point-to-point registra-
Lübbers et al. Surgical Navigation in Craniomaxillofacial Sur-
gery. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2011.                                       tion (Fig 7). During a short intervention, the fragment
                                                                         was not visualized but was localized using surgical
                                                                         navigation (Fig 8) and removed uneventfully. The
operative CBCT scan was fused with the preoperative                      postoperative course was also uneventful.
data set and the virtual reconstruction plan (Fig 5).
                                                                            GROUP 4, SEVERE TRAUMA WITHOUT POSSIBILITY
  GROUP 3, FOREIGN BODY                                                     OF SURGICAL NAVIGATION
   Patients with lingual dislocation of a root segment                     As the main trauma center of the region, most
after an attempt at wisdom tooth removal in the right                    serious injuries to the facial skeleton are referred to




                   FIGURE 4. Virtual reconstruction of orbital floor by mirroring orbital bone structures of healthy side.
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           FIGURE 5. Postoperative evaluation through fusion of preoperative plan and postoperative follow-up CBCT scan.
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the University Hospital, Zurich. Multislice CT is regu-              worked through. The rest of the planning process was
larly performed. Our clinic was consulted in the case                not different.
of severely fragmented and displaced bilateral mid-
face fractures (Fig 9). The orbital walls were affected                 GROUP 1
on both sides. The initial thought of using surgical
navigation was discarded owing to the lack of healthy                   The first step of implanting the titanium screws to
bone regions to provide a virtual template. However,                 later serve as fiducial markers was not critical. The
because of an asymmetric result after orbital recon-                 procedure can be performed with the patient under
struction, surgical navigation was performed during a                local anesthesia and was performed within about 90
secondary correction in which the clinically satisfac-               minutes. The patients do not feel harmed by it. The
tory side served as the template. Subsequently, the                  acquisition of a CBCT data set afterward required
case proceeded similar to a case such as in group 2.                 about 5 minutes.
                                                                        The 3D data set (Digital Imaging and Communica-
                                                                     tions in Medicine format) was imported into the plan-
Results                                                              ning system. The development of a virtual template
   Within the reviewed cases, the baseline data set                  using segmentation of the healthy side and mirroring
that was used changed over time, shifting from mul-                  was uneventful. Manual, fine work was necessary to
tislice CT to CBCT. When threshold segmentation                      delineate the orbital walls after segmentation and for
was performed for extraction of the healthy bone                     fine positioning of the mirrored object to its definitive
areas, the results using CBCT required more time-                    position. A maxillofacial resident performed the total
consuming manual, fine work in areas of thin bone                     planning process within 150 minutes. The planning
(eg, the orbital floor and medial wall). First, because               documents were then discussed at a brief meeting of
of the imaging technique, the threshold algorithm                    about 15 minutes the day before surgery. An addi-
was less sufficient; and, second, because of the                      tional 25 minutes were needed at the beginning of the
greater resolution of CBCT, more slices had to be                    surgical procedure for system setup (5 minutes), ad-
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                                                                   GROUP 2
                                                                    Postoperative CBCT showed high accuracy in the
                                                                 fulfillment of the preoperative plan (Fig 5). Clinically,
                                                                 the patient recovered quickly, and, after 2 weeks,
                                                                 when the main swelling had subsided, no functional
                                                                 or esthetic impairments were present.
                                                                    The time required for preparation and the actual
                                                                 surgical navigation was less (Table 1) in the acute
                                                                 patient group. This was mostly because the 3D situa-
                                                                 tion was easier to assess and the bony edges helped in
                                                                 defining the position of the virtual template.

                                                                   GROUP 3
                                                                    Foreign bodies represent a small, but important,
                                                                 indication for surgical navigation. However, it is very
                                                                 difficult to predict whether the removal will be sim-
                                                                 ple or challenging. The case presented was typical in
                                                                 that an initial attempt to remove the root fragment
                                                                 with the patient under local anesthesia failed.
                                                                    Using surgical navigation, foreign body removal be-
                                                                 comes simpler because marking the foreign object is
                                                                 the only aspect of the planning procedure. Thus, the
                                                                 planning time is very short. Also, data import orien-
                                                                 tation and marking the fiducials requires a minimal
FIGURE 6. Lingual displaced root segment after wisdom tooth
removal (detail from CBCT scan).
                                                                 amount of time (Table 1).
                                                                    In the presented case, owing to the object’s prox-
Lübbers et al. Surgical Navigation in Craniomaxillofacial Sur-
gery. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2011.                               imity to the mandible, a special splint was required.
                                                                 Its production was fairly time-consuming and re-
                                                                 quired about 60 minutes for the medical staff. The
ditional dressings (5 minutes), and fixation of the               technician’s time was in addition to this.
dynamic reference frame (15 minutes).                               In the presented case, as well as for all other foreign
   Before any surgical navigation can occur, the fidu-            body removal cases, the evaluation of the surgical
cial markers must be exposed and a point-to-point                navigation revealed it to be fast and successful.
matching registration process, including meticulous
landmark checks, must be done. This procedure was
also performed by a resident and required about 20
minutes. The landmark checks performed during the
whole surgical procedure revealed exceptionally high
accuracy without any measurable discrepancies. The
navigational parts of the surgery took about 20 min-
utes altogether. The surgical time saved (eg, because
of better orientation and faster reconstruction) could
not be quantified objectively. However, the surgeons
reported better orientation and relevant help for find-
ing the correct symmetry during reconstruction using
the navigation and virtual setup.
   The postoperative fusion of the data sets required
20 minutes and can be performed by a resident. The
evaluation of the postoperative images was per-
formed in the navigation system and took about 10
minutes. A high level of consistency between the
fused preoperative plan and postoperative CT data set
                                                                 FIGURE 7. Individual splint for positioning mandible against max-
were seen.                                                       illa for preoperative data acquisition and surgical navigation (in-
   Double vision can be expected for about 3 postop-             cluding fiducial markers for point-to-point registration).
erative weeks and will subside along with the post-              Lübbers et al. Surgical Navigation in Craniomaxillofacial Sur-
operative swelling.                                              gery. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2011.
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                                 FIGURE 8. Localization of root fragment without open visualization.
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  GROUP 4                                                            irrelevant for surgical navigation because the bony struc-
   Group 4 represents patients who were initially                    tures are required for the navigation in the vast majority
considered for surgical navigation but for whom it                   of cases. The preparation of the virtual object from the
was not indicated for various reasons. Two main                      healthy bone structures will require more time if
reasons were identified. First, immediate interven-                   CBCT is used to provide the 3D data set. However,
tion was often necessary, with the lack of time                      this difference only occurred if a “nice” virtual tem-
available for preparing the surgical navigation. Sec-                plate was the goal. “Sloppy” manual, fine work will
ond—and much more often—the patient presented                        lead to objects with small holes; however, in our
with bilateral trauma, which would not allow the                     experience, the surgical navigation was not influ-
mirroring of a healthy side. In these circumstances,                 enced by this difference.
the additional effort required for surgical naviga-                     The registration technique used is a key element in
tion would often be useless because of the lack                      the precision of surgical navigation.20 If pre-existing
of benefit.                                                           data sets must be used, either anatomic landmark
                                                                     registration or laser surface matching are the methods
                                                                     of choice.5,21 Because laser surface matching is
Discussion
                                                                     known to be more accurate, it should be the pre-
   The baseline data set changed during the study period             ferred technique.5,22-24 Landmark registration could
from CT to CBCT. This was supported by the published                 serve as a backup.
data.17 CBCT requires lower radiation doses than CT18                   Groups 1 and 2 represent the classic indications for
and provides high-resolution bone imaging but not soft               surgical navigation and have been reported by several
tissue differentiation.19 These differences are basically            investigators.2,4 Foreign bodies (group 3) have also
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                                                                 according to Table 2. For Class 2 indications, surgical
                                                                 navigation makes sense if no additional harm to the
                                                                 patient will result with respect to the radiation dose
                                                                 or any invasive procedures. In these situations, limi-
                                                                 tations exist but can be managed. Class 3 situations do
                                                                 not provide any room for surgical navigation. Surgical
                                                                 navigation in the area of the mandible requires metic-
                                                                 ulous planning but is not contraindicated per se.
                                                                    We believe that, especially in a growing organism,
                                                                 surgical navigation is a promising concept for achiev-
                                                                 ing accurate reconstruction without alloplastic mate-
                                                                 rial, thus avoiding secondary reconstructive surgery.
                                                                 Acknowledgments
                                                                   The authors wish to acknowledge Jörg Achinger of BrainLAB for
                                                                 his great support in all technical questions regarding the navigation
                                                                 system and would like to thank Hildegard Eschle, senior librarian of
                                                                 the University Zurich Dental School for helping with the data
                                                                 research.



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Surgical navigation

  • 1. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 69:300-308, 2011 Surgical Navigation in Craniomaxillofacial Surgery: Expensive Toy or Useful Tool? A Classification of Different Indications Heinz-Theo Lübbers, MD, DMD,* Christine Jacobsen, MD, DMD,† Felix Matthews, MD, MBA,‡ Klaus W. Grätz, MD, DMD,§ Astrid Kruse, MD, DMD, and Joachim A. Obwegeser, MD, DMD¶ The complex 3-dimensional (3D) anatomy and geom- ble7-9 or retaining the mandible in a defined position etry of the human skull and face combined with the against the maxilla.7,10-15 Thus, the state of surgical need for precise symmetry poses challenges for re- navigation of the mandible has been deemed unsatis- constructive surgery of the region. Therefore, and factory to date.16 with the technical improvements during the past 10 The aim of the present study was to evaluate the years or so, surgical navigation has become an estab- feasibility and limitations of surgical navigation. In lished technique in craniomaxillofacial surgery.1-4 addition, we determined the time and effort of the Many technical problems have been solved, and the surgical team in relation to the benefit. accuracy of multiple strategies of imaging and regis- tration has been proved.5 However, the procedure of Materials and Methods preparing a patient for navigation is still linked to extra effort for the patient and surgeon. Even nonin- Surgical procedures performed at the Clinic for vasive registration procedures, such as a splint fixed Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery at the University Hospi- to the upper jaw, as described by Schramm et al,6 tal, Zurich from 2003 to 2009 in which surgical nav- require dental impressions and additional imaging igation was performed or had been discussed preop- with the splint in situ. eratively were evaluated for typical patterns. Four Insecurity surrounds surgical navigation of the different groups of typical clinical situations in the daily lower jaw with different techniques available, such as routines of craniomaxillofacial surgery are presented mounting a dynamic reference frame to the mandi- (Table 1). From these, a classification of the indications for surgical navigation was derived (Table 2). *Consultant, Clinic for Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, University GROUP 1, DIFFICULT RECONSTRUCTION Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland. A patient was referred to our clinic with a history of †Consultant, Clinic for Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, University an untreated facture of the left zygomatic bone. The Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland. esthetic result was poor, and the need for surgical ‡Research Fellow, Surgical Planning Laboratory, Harvard Medical revision was indicated. The patient had no functional School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA. symptoms, such as double vision or reduced eye mo- §Full Professor and Chairman of the Clinic for Cranio-Maxillofa- tility. Because a single-sided defect in complex anat- cial Surgery, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland; Dean of Med- omy is the classic situation for preplanning using ical Faculty, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. virtual mirroring of the healthy side, it was decided to Consultant, Clinic for Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, University use surgical navigation for this patient. Because the Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland. upper jaw was edentulous and because of the need ¶Leading Consultant and Vice Chairman, Clinic for Cranio- for precise registration over a large surgical field, 6 Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland. bone screws were implanted with the patient under Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr Lübbers: Clinic local anesthesia (Fig 1). They were spread over a wide for Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital, Frauenklin- polygon and served as fiducial markers for registra- ikstrasse 24, Zurich 8127 Switzerland; e-mail: t.luebbers@gmail.com tion.5 Next, a cone beam computed tomography © 2011 American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (CBCT) scan was acquired, which served as a baseline 0278-2391/11/6901-0044$36.00/0 data set for preoperative planning and operative nav- doi:10.1016/j.joms.2010.07.016 igation. 300
  • 2. LÜBBERS ET AL 301 Table 1. OVERVIEW OF TYPICAL INDICATIONS FOR SURGICAL NAVIGATION Additional Time Needed for Group Example Diagnosis Typical Preparation Navigation Comments 1 Secondary correction of Implantation of bone screwsScrew implantation: 90 min Situation with maximal time zygomatic bone after with patient under local Preoperative planning: 150 and effort required untreated or anesthesia min* because of edentulous insufficiently treated Acquisition of new data setSurgical navigation: 45 min maxilla and need for high trauma in an Virtual template using Postoperative evaluation: accuracy over wide edentulous patient mirroring 30 min surgical field Good clinical outcome can be expected 2 Acute trauma Individualization of Splint preparation: 20 min Less time-consuming Orbital floor fracture prefabricated maxillary Preoperative planning: 90 because of smaller with difficulties in splint min* surgical field and stable identifying bony edges Acquisition of new data set Surgical navigation: 30 min dentition in maxilla Virtual template using Postoperative evaluation: Good clinical outcome can mirroring 15 min be expected 3 Foreign body close to Impression and splint Split preparation: 60 min More time-consuming bony structures construction Preoperative planning: because of complex Lingual displaced root Acquisition of new data set 30 min double-splint technique fragment Marking of root fragment Surgical navigation: 15 min Fast planning process Postoperative Good clinical outcome can evaluation: NA be expected 4 Bilateral midface fracture Decision against primary navigation (which can be used Possibly poor clinical later when orbital floor reconstruction of 1 side shown outcome to be more sufficient than other) Need for secondary correction of 1 orbital floor *Time estimation determined using cone beam computed tomography data set; faster with multislice computed tomography. Lübbers et al. Surgical Navigation in Craniomaxillofacial Surgery. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2011. The 3D data set was imported into the navigation affected side, and fine positioning was performed system (iPlan ENT, version 2.6; BrainLAB, Feldkirchen, manually. Structures not affected by the trauma acted Germany). A semiautomatic threshold segmentation of as a reference (Fig 2). The plan was then discussed the healthy right side was performed and manually op- with the interdisciplinary surgical team during the timized. The resulting 3D object was mirrored to the preoperative briefing. Table 2. CLASSIFICATION OF INDICATIONS FOR SURGICAL NAVIGATION Class I (Clear Indication)* Class II (Limited Indication)† Class III (No Indication) Complex unilateral orbital wall fracture Simple orbital wall fractures Bilateral orbital floor fracture‡ (eg, missing edges, large extension) Comminuted unilateral fracture of Simple fracture of lateral midface Bilateral fracture of lateral midface§ lateral midface Fracture of central midface or lower jaw Bony tumors with Bony tumors without Expected difficulties in judging Expected difficulties in judging the Soft tissue tumors† resection margins resection margins Relevant structures close to tumor Relevant structures close to tumor Bony reconstruction in complex 3D Bony reconstruction in simple 3D Soft tissue reconstruction anatomy anatomy Foreign bodies in bone Foreign bodies in close bony structures Foreign bodies in soft tissue *Surgical navigation should be performed. †Surgical navigation can be used if no additional procedures are necessary for preparation. ‡Indicated in clinical studies with evaluation of (individualized) atlas-based virtual reconstruction. §Indicated in extensive technical setup with additional data (eg, operative ultrasonography or magnetic resonance imaging). In lower jaw, only if fixation of mandible against maxilla in same defined position is feasible for preoperative data acquisition and surgical navigation. Lübbers et al. Surgical Navigation in Craniomaxillofacial Surgery. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2011.
  • 3. 302 SURGICAL NAVIGATION IN CRANIOMAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY was osteotomized and repositioned according to the surgeon’s clinical judgment and surgical navigation. Postoperatively, a CBCT data set was acquired, and the data were fused with the preoperative data set and the virtual plan using semiautomatic fusion and determined from the unaffected regions of the bone, including the right orbit, skull base, and occiput. GROUP 2, ACUTE TRAUMA The diagnosis of a severe orbital floor fracture due to trauma is a regular event. Clinically, enophthalmus combined with double vision in all directions is a typical sign. Eye motility is often reduced. Because of the extent of the fracture and the missing bony mar- FIGURE 1. Titanium screws serving as bone-anchored fiducial markers spread over wide polygon for maximum accuracy in large gins in some areas, a decision was made to use surgi- field. cal navigation. Lübbers et al. Surgical Navigation in Craniomaxillofacial Sur- A prefabricated splint with the necessary fiducial gery. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2011. markers for point-to-point registration was individual- ized using impression material (Fig 3), and a CBCT scan was acquired. Planning was performed by mir- Surgery started with opening the necessary coronal roring the healthy orbit, as described in the previous approach and fixation of the dynamic reference section (Fig 4). frame, which served to calculate the influence of The reconstruction of the orbital floor was done camera or patient movements on the registration. with a titanium mesh using a transconjunctival ap- Landmark checks were done after registration and proach, and the position of the mesh was adjusted before any surgical navigation. The zygomatic bone under the control of the surgical navigation. A post- FIGURE 2. Healthy side mirrored to affected side served as virtual plan (green). Lübbers et al. Surgical Navigation in Craniomaxillofacial Surgery. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2011.
  • 4. LÜBBERS ET AL 303 mandible are often referred to maxillofacial surgeons. Sometimes—such as had occurred in the presented ex- ample—an immediate attempt by an oral surgeon to visualize and remove the fragment with the patient un- der local anesthesia fails. In the present case, the patient was then referred to our clinic. The initial CBCT scan showed the fragment in the mouth floor almost directly lingual to the alveolar socket (Fig 6). Owing to the known difficulties with foreign body removal and the previous unsuccessful attempt with the patient under local anesthesia, the decision was made to use surgical navigation with the patient under general anesthesia after a 3-month interval, which was expected to provide fixation of the fragment inside the scar tissue. After 3 FIGURE 3. Prefabricated splint carrying fiducial markers for months, a positioning splint was designed that fixated point-to-point registration after individualization with impression material. the mandible in a defined position against the maxilla and included fiducial markers for point-to-point registra- Lübbers et al. Surgical Navigation in Craniomaxillofacial Sur- gery. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2011. tion (Fig 7). During a short intervention, the fragment was not visualized but was localized using surgical navigation (Fig 8) and removed uneventfully. The operative CBCT scan was fused with the preoperative postoperative course was also uneventful. data set and the virtual reconstruction plan (Fig 5). GROUP 4, SEVERE TRAUMA WITHOUT POSSIBILITY GROUP 3, FOREIGN BODY OF SURGICAL NAVIGATION Patients with lingual dislocation of a root segment As the main trauma center of the region, most after an attempt at wisdom tooth removal in the right serious injuries to the facial skeleton are referred to FIGURE 4. Virtual reconstruction of orbital floor by mirroring orbital bone structures of healthy side. Lübbers et al. Surgical Navigation in Craniomaxillofacial Surgery. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2011.
  • 5. 304 SURGICAL NAVIGATION IN CRANIOMAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY FIGURE 5. Postoperative evaluation through fusion of preoperative plan and postoperative follow-up CBCT scan. Lübbers et al. Surgical Navigation in Craniomaxillofacial Surgery. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2011. the University Hospital, Zurich. Multislice CT is regu- worked through. The rest of the planning process was larly performed. Our clinic was consulted in the case not different. of severely fragmented and displaced bilateral mid- face fractures (Fig 9). The orbital walls were affected GROUP 1 on both sides. The initial thought of using surgical navigation was discarded owing to the lack of healthy The first step of implanting the titanium screws to bone regions to provide a virtual template. However, later serve as fiducial markers was not critical. The because of an asymmetric result after orbital recon- procedure can be performed with the patient under struction, surgical navigation was performed during a local anesthesia and was performed within about 90 secondary correction in which the clinically satisfac- minutes. The patients do not feel harmed by it. The tory side served as the template. Subsequently, the acquisition of a CBCT data set afterward required case proceeded similar to a case such as in group 2. about 5 minutes. The 3D data set (Digital Imaging and Communica- tions in Medicine format) was imported into the plan- Results ning system. The development of a virtual template Within the reviewed cases, the baseline data set using segmentation of the healthy side and mirroring that was used changed over time, shifting from mul- was uneventful. Manual, fine work was necessary to tislice CT to CBCT. When threshold segmentation delineate the orbital walls after segmentation and for was performed for extraction of the healthy bone fine positioning of the mirrored object to its definitive areas, the results using CBCT required more time- position. A maxillofacial resident performed the total consuming manual, fine work in areas of thin bone planning process within 150 minutes. The planning (eg, the orbital floor and medial wall). First, because documents were then discussed at a brief meeting of of the imaging technique, the threshold algorithm about 15 minutes the day before surgery. An addi- was less sufficient; and, second, because of the tional 25 minutes were needed at the beginning of the greater resolution of CBCT, more slices had to be surgical procedure for system setup (5 minutes), ad-
  • 6. LÜBBERS ET AL 305 GROUP 2 Postoperative CBCT showed high accuracy in the fulfillment of the preoperative plan (Fig 5). Clinically, the patient recovered quickly, and, after 2 weeks, when the main swelling had subsided, no functional or esthetic impairments were present. The time required for preparation and the actual surgical navigation was less (Table 1) in the acute patient group. This was mostly because the 3D situa- tion was easier to assess and the bony edges helped in defining the position of the virtual template. GROUP 3 Foreign bodies represent a small, but important, indication for surgical navigation. However, it is very difficult to predict whether the removal will be sim- ple or challenging. The case presented was typical in that an initial attempt to remove the root fragment with the patient under local anesthesia failed. Using surgical navigation, foreign body removal be- comes simpler because marking the foreign object is the only aspect of the planning procedure. Thus, the planning time is very short. Also, data import orien- tation and marking the fiducials requires a minimal FIGURE 6. Lingual displaced root segment after wisdom tooth removal (detail from CBCT scan). amount of time (Table 1). In the presented case, owing to the object’s prox- Lübbers et al. Surgical Navigation in Craniomaxillofacial Sur- gery. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2011. imity to the mandible, a special splint was required. Its production was fairly time-consuming and re- quired about 60 minutes for the medical staff. The ditional dressings (5 minutes), and fixation of the technician’s time was in addition to this. dynamic reference frame (15 minutes). In the presented case, as well as for all other foreign Before any surgical navigation can occur, the fidu- body removal cases, the evaluation of the surgical cial markers must be exposed and a point-to-point navigation revealed it to be fast and successful. matching registration process, including meticulous landmark checks, must be done. This procedure was also performed by a resident and required about 20 minutes. The landmark checks performed during the whole surgical procedure revealed exceptionally high accuracy without any measurable discrepancies. The navigational parts of the surgery took about 20 min- utes altogether. The surgical time saved (eg, because of better orientation and faster reconstruction) could not be quantified objectively. However, the surgeons reported better orientation and relevant help for find- ing the correct symmetry during reconstruction using the navigation and virtual setup. The postoperative fusion of the data sets required 20 minutes and can be performed by a resident. The evaluation of the postoperative images was per- formed in the navigation system and took about 10 minutes. A high level of consistency between the fused preoperative plan and postoperative CT data set FIGURE 7. Individual splint for positioning mandible against max- were seen. illa for preoperative data acquisition and surgical navigation (in- Double vision can be expected for about 3 postop- cluding fiducial markers for point-to-point registration). erative weeks and will subside along with the post- Lübbers et al. Surgical Navigation in Craniomaxillofacial Sur- operative swelling. gery. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2011.
  • 7. 306 SURGICAL NAVIGATION IN CRANIOMAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY FIGURE 8. Localization of root fragment without open visualization. Lübbers et al. Surgical Navigation in Craniomaxillofacial Surgery. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2011. GROUP 4 irrelevant for surgical navigation because the bony struc- Group 4 represents patients who were initially tures are required for the navigation in the vast majority considered for surgical navigation but for whom it of cases. The preparation of the virtual object from the was not indicated for various reasons. Two main healthy bone structures will require more time if reasons were identified. First, immediate interven- CBCT is used to provide the 3D data set. However, tion was often necessary, with the lack of time this difference only occurred if a “nice” virtual tem- available for preparing the surgical navigation. Sec- plate was the goal. “Sloppy” manual, fine work will ond—and much more often—the patient presented lead to objects with small holes; however, in our with bilateral trauma, which would not allow the experience, the surgical navigation was not influ- mirroring of a healthy side. In these circumstances, enced by this difference. the additional effort required for surgical naviga- The registration technique used is a key element in tion would often be useless because of the lack the precision of surgical navigation.20 If pre-existing of benefit. data sets must be used, either anatomic landmark registration or laser surface matching are the methods of choice.5,21 Because laser surface matching is Discussion known to be more accurate, it should be the pre- The baseline data set changed during the study period ferred technique.5,22-24 Landmark registration could from CT to CBCT. This was supported by the published serve as a backup. data.17 CBCT requires lower radiation doses than CT18 Groups 1 and 2 represent the classic indications for and provides high-resolution bone imaging but not soft surgical navigation and have been reported by several tissue differentiation.19 These differences are basically investigators.2,4 Foreign bodies (group 3) have also
  • 8. LÜBBERS ET AL 307 according to Table 2. For Class 2 indications, surgical navigation makes sense if no additional harm to the patient will result with respect to the radiation dose or any invasive procedures. In these situations, limi- tations exist but can be managed. Class 3 situations do not provide any room for surgical navigation. Surgical navigation in the area of the mandible requires metic- ulous planning but is not contraindicated per se. We believe that, especially in a growing organism, surgical navigation is a promising concept for achiev- ing accurate reconstruction without alloplastic mate- rial, thus avoiding secondary reconstructive surgery. Acknowledgments The authors wish to acknowledge Jörg Achinger of BrainLAB for his great support in all technical questions regarding the navigation system and would like to thank Hildegard Eschle, senior librarian of the University Zurich Dental School for helping with the data research. References 1. 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