Multidisciplinary Virtual 3D Planning of a Forequarter Amputation with Chest Wall Resection.

Abstract

We present a case of a 74-year-old male patient, with a history of a squamous cell carcinoma in the left axilla. The patient underwent a multidisciplinary surgical resection through an extended forequarter amputation with thoracic wall resection and reconstruction. With regard to the complexity of the case, 3D virtual reality-based patient-specific reconstructions were used as a supplemental tool to conventional computed tomography-imaging in order to plan the procedure. With this report, we aim to stimulate further research to improve and automate the workflow and to bring virtual and augmented reality reconstructions into the surgical theatre of the future.