Volume 30, Issue 3, 2021
DOI: 10.24205/03276716.2021.5005
Value of Individualized Breast 3D Printing in Doctor-patient Communication and Patient Psychology
Abstract
Background:Significance of breast 3D printing based on MRI and ultrasound in accurate preoperative design and efficient pre-operative communication is research in this paper.
Methods: Sixty-six breast occupying lesions were collected from the department of breast surgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital, all of which were malignant lesions. They were randomly divided into three groups of conventional, MRI 3D printing and ultrasound 3D printing. The differences in the efficiency of preoperative doctor-patient communication and accuracy of preoperative planning were analyzed by scale scoring.
Results: There were significant differences in the overall scores of patients' understanding (condition, treatment and prognosis) and patients’ satisfaction (surgical results, treatment confidence and communication mode) in conventional group, ultrasound group and MRI group (F=199.645; P = 0.000). From high to low, the scores were: ultrasound group > MRI group > conventional group. There were significant differences among these three groups: P1,2=0.000?P1,3=0.000?P2,3=0.000. The difference had statistical significance (P <0.05). The satisfaction score of preoperative planning was scored by doctors for three ways, and these three groups had remarkable differences (F=28.152; P = 0.000). From high to low, scores were: ultrasound printing group > MRI group > conventional group. There were obvious differences among three groups: P1,2=0.000?P1,3=0.025?P2,3=0.000. The difference was statistically significant (P <0.05).
Conclusions: The application of 3D printing can improve the effects of preoperative doctor-patient communication, accuracy of preoperative surgical planning plan, patients' satisfaction with communication mode and doctors' satisfaction with surgical plan.
Keywords
Breast Occupation; 3D Printing Technology; Doctor-patient Communication; Preoperative Planning