Application of 3D-Printed Personalized Guide in Arthroscopic Ankle Arthrodesis

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Design and preparation of the 3D-printed personalized guide. (a, b) Computer software-assisted design of personalized ankle arthrodesis guide (the red lines in (a) demonstrate the positioning of the Kirschner wires that drill through, and the yellow parts in (b) are the guides). (c) Guide data converted into STL format and imported into the 3D printer for preparation. (d) The 3D-printed personalized guides.

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