Objectives/hypothesis: Image-data-based surgical navigation is used as a helpful device in the operating room to localize critical structures with a high degree of accuracy. It also enables physicians to plan therapeutic performance. Because it relies on preoperatively acquired computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data, there is restricted access for navigation of surgical instruments in areas that show motion uncorrelated with radiologic data. Thus, in the case of moveable structures, for example the lower jaw, navigational procedures could not yet be applied.
Study Design: We introduce a new technique using individualized intermaxillary splints that fix the mandible in a reproducible aboccluded position at the time of image-data acquisition and surgery.
Methods: Different manufacturing processes were investigated. The feasibility of uni- and bilateral intermaxillary splints was studied under clinical conditions in four patients during different procedures in the mandibular and oropharyngeal regions.
Results: The manufacturing of the splints showed was easily performed in a short time. With bilateral fixation, there was a high anatomic target precision of 1.6 to 2.3 mm.
Conclusions: The use of bilateral intermaxillary splints that fix the patient's mandible in a reproducible aboccluded position permits an image-data-based navigated surgical approach to the oropharyngeal and mandibular regions.
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