Evaluating the potential utility of three-dimensional printed models in preoperative planning and patient consent in gastrointestinal cancer surgery

Introduction The Future of Surgery report from the Royal College of Surgeons of England acknowledges the important role that three-dimensional imaging will play in support of personalised surgical interventions. One component of this is preoperative planning. We investigated surgeons’ and patients’ perceptions of this evolving technology. Materials and methods Ethical approval was obtained. From a normal computed tomography scan,...