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Virtual surgical planning: implant and skull model fabricated through rapid prototyping technology. (A) The plaster piece in light blue is the initial design for the surgeon to review. The surgeon’s modification is marked on the skull model with a pencil. (B) The final design of the custom implant, which was fabricated with porous PMMA material (Biomed Microfixation). Reproduced with permission (Zhao et al., 2012).
