Fuzzy Multicriteria Decision Mapping to Evaluate Implant Design for Maxillofacial Reconstruction

Khaja Moiduddin, Syed Hammad Mian, Usama Umer, Hisham Alkhalefah and Abdul Sayeed
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Khaja Moiduddin: Advanced Manufacturing Institute, King Saud University, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia
Syed Hammad Mian: Advanced Manufacturing Institute, King Saud University, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia
Usama Umer: Advanced Manufacturing Institute, King Saud University, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia
Hisham Alkhalefah: Advanced Manufacturing Institute, King Saud University, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia
Abdul Sayeed: Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia

Mathematics, 2020, vol. 8, issue 12, 1-33

Abstract: Technological advancements in healthcare influence medical practitioners as much as they impact the routine lives of the patients. The mandible reconstruction, which constitutes an important branch in facioplasty, has been a challenging task for medical professionals. As part of scientific innovation, tailor-made implants are valuable for sustaining and regenerating facial anatomy, as well as preserving the natural appearance. The challenge of choosing an acceptable implant design is a tedious process due to the growing number of designs with conspicuous effectiveness. The design should be agreeable, easy-to-design, sustainable, cost-effective, and undemanding for manufacturing. The optimal implant design can efficiently and effectively recover the structure and morphology of the flawed region. Evidently, among the many variants, the choice of appropriate design is one of the prevalent implant design problems and is still under consideration in most studies. This work is focused on the multiattribute decision-making (MCDM) approach to choosing the most effective implant design. The prevalence of subjectivity in decision-making and the presence of inconsistency from multiple sources emphasize the strategies that must take ambiguity and vagueness into account. An integrated MCDM methodology, assimilating two modern and popular techniques is adopted in this work. The preferred approach implements the Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process based on the trapezoidal fuzzy number to extract the criteria weights in decision mapping and the Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution and VIKOR to assess design choices. A two-stage mechanism is the cornerstone of the established methodology. The first stage analyses the criteria from the point of view of the designer, the context of fabrication, and consumer experience. The second stage identifies the most viable and feasible design. The procedure applied in this analysis can be considered to choose the optimal implant design and to decide on areas of improvement that ensure greater patient experience.

Keywords: mandible reconstruction; additive manufacturing; electron beam melting; fuzzy analytical hierarchy process; trapezoidal fuzzy number; TOPSIS; VIKOR (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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