At Tailor Surgery, every solution is backed by scientific studies and international publications that validate the accuracy, safety and efficacy of our 3D technology as applied to orthopaedic and trauma surgery. Our methodology has been recognised in high-impact scientific journals.
These studies demonstrate the reliability and clinical value of 3D surgical planning and customised implants.

Evidencia global

• Kampkuiper, N., Ten Heggeler, R., Nellensteijn, J., Brusse-Keizer, M., Tuijthof, G., Koenrades, M., & Schröder, F. (2025). Clinical added value of 3D printed patient-specific guides in orthopedic surgery (excluding knee arthroplasty): a systematic review.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery, 145(1), 173. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00402-025-05775-2

Mejora en Diagnóstico e Indicación

• Fillat-Gomà, F., Marcano-Fernández, F. A., Coderch-Navarro, S., Martínez-Carreres, L., & Berenguer, A. (2021). 3D printing innovation: New insights into upper extremity surgery planning.Injury, 52 Suppl 4, S117–S124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2021.01.048
• Andrés-Cano, P., Calvo-Haro, J. A., Fillat-Gomà, F., Andrés-Cano, I., & Perez-Mañanes, R. (2021). Role of the orthopaedic surgeon in 3D printing: current applications and legal issues for a personalized medicine. Papel del cirujano ortopédico y traumatólogo en la impresión 3D: aplicaciones actuales y aspectos legales para una medicina personalizada.Revista espanola de cirugia ortopedica y traumatologia (English ed.), 65(2), 138–151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.recot.2020.06.014

Mejora en precisión

• Fernández-Poch, N., Fillat-Gomà, F., Martínez-Carreres, L., Coderch-Navarro, S., Yela-Verdú, C., Carbó-Cedán, S., & Pelfort, X. (2023). Three-dimensional-printed patient-specific instrumentation is an accurate tool to reproduce femoral bone tunnels in multiple-ligament knee injuries.International orthopaedics, 47(5), 1213–1219. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-023-05712-1
• Buller, L., Smith, T., Bryan, J., Klika, A., Barsoum, W., & Iannotti, J. P. (2013). The use of patient-specific instrumentation improves the accuracy of acetabular component placement.The Journal of arthroplasty, 28(4), 631–636. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arth.2012.12.001
• Marcano-Fernández, F. A., Berenguer, A., Fillat-Gomà, F., Corderch-Navarro, S., Cámara-Cabrera, J., & Sánchez-Flò, R. (2021). A customized percutaneous three-dimensional-printed guide for scaphoid fixation versus a freehand technique: a comparative study.The Journal of hand surgery, European volume, 46(10), 1081–1087. https://doi.org/10.1177/17531934211049132
• Jin, X., Chen, M., Cheema, A. N., Liu, X., Yang, S., & Xu, W. (2022). Effectiveness of a patient-specific guide for femoral stem implantation in primary total hip arthroplasty: a randomized control trial.International orthopaedics, 46(4), 805–814. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-021-05287-9
• Gao, F., Yang, X., Wang, C., Su, S., Qi, J., Li, Z., Chen, J., & Zhong, D. (2022). Comparison of Clinical and Radiological Outcomes between Calibratable Patient-Specific Instrumentation and Conventional Operation for Medial Open-Wedge High Tibial Osteotomy: A Randomized Controlled Trial.BioMed research international, 2022, 1378042. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/1378042
• Hendel, M. D., Bryan, J. A., Barsoum, W. K., Rodriguez, E. J., Brems, J. J., Evans, P. J., & Iannotti, J. P. (2012). Comparison of patient-specific instruments with standard surgical instruments in determining glenoid component position: a randomized prospective clinical trial.The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume, 94(23), 2167–2175. https://doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.K.01209

Disminución en complicaciones quirúrgicas

• Fontalis, A., Yasen, A. T., Kayani, B., Luo, T. D., Mancino, F., Magan, A., Plastow, R., & Haddad, F. S. (2024). Two-Dimensional Versus Three-Dimensional Preoperative Planning in Total Hip Arthroplasty.The Journal of arthroplasty, 39(9S1), S80–S87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arth.2024.05.054
• Singh, S., Jud, L., Fürnstahl, P., Nagy, L., Schweizer, A., & Roner, S. (2022). Intermediate-Term Outcome of 3-Dimensional Corrective Osteotomy for Malunited Distal Radius Fractures With a Mean Follow-Up of 6 Years.The Journal of hand surgery, 47(7), 691.e1–691.e10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhsa.2021.07.018
• Cecchinato, R., Berjano, P., Zerbi, A., Damilano, M., Redaelli, A., & Lamartina, C. (2019). Pedicle screw insertion with patient-specific 3D-printed guides based on low-dose CT scan is more accurate than free-hand technique in spine deformity patients: a prospective, randomized clinical trial.European spine journal: official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society, 28(7), 1712–1723. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-019-05978-3
• Wang, C., Li, Y., Hu, Y., Liu, H., Wang, L., Xie, J., Xiao, H., Su, S., Gao, F., & Zhong, D. (2021). Patient-specific total hip arthroplasty is superior to conventional methods for Crowe III and IV adult developmental hip dysplasia: a randomized controlled trial.Annals of translational medicine, 9(3), 212. https://doi.org/10.21037/atm-20-3488

Coste eficiencia

• Tack, P., Victor, J., Gemmel, P., & Annemans, L. (2021). Do custom 3D-printed revision acetabular implants provide enough value to justify the additional costs? The health-economic comparison of a new porous 3D-printed hip implant for revision arthroplasty of Paprosky type 3B acetabular defects and its closest alternative. Orthopaedics & traumatology, surgery & research: OTSR, 107(1), 102600. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.otsr.2020.03.012
• Ballard, D. H., Mills, P., Duszak, R., Jr, Weisman, J. A., Rybicki, F. J., & Woodard, P. K. (2020). Medical 3D Printing Cost-Savings in Orthopedic and Maxillofacial Surgery: Cost Analysis of Operating Room Time Saved with 3D Printed Anatomic Models and Surgical Guides. Academic radiology, 27(8), 1103–1113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acra.2019.08.011