3d printing and surgery
Boston’s Additive Edge: Inside Boston Children’s Hospital 3D Printing Lab
In the hallways of Boston Children’s Hospital, innovation isn’t just a catchphrase—it’s a lifeline. Tucked within these walls, a 3D printing lab is reshaping the future of surgical preparation, turning…
Custom 3D Printed Guides Reduce Surgery by up to Three Hours
In the practice of craniomaxillofacial tumor surgery, precision is key. This specialized field, dealing with tumors in the head, face, jaws, and neck, has its own set of challenges due…
3D Printing News Briefs, March 11, 2023: AMUG Scholarships, 3D Printable Bacteria Ink, & More
We’re starting with AMUG news today in 3D Printing News Briefs, as the organization has awarded two scholarships. On to medical news, MIT engineers are 3D printing robotic heart replicas…
3D Printing News Briefs, September 17, 2022: Autodesk Profiles, FDA Clearance & More
We’re starting with software in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, as Autodesk has released 3D printing profiles for two of The Virtual Foundry’s filaments and Sigma Additive Solutions joined the…
3D Printed Medical Models Give Better Preoperative Education to Aneurysm Patients
In ‘Obtaining Informed Consent Using Patient Specific 3D Printing Cerebral Aneurysm Model,’ Korean researchers delve into an area that is becoming more well-known as a benefit of 3D printing, but…
Indian Surgeons Use 3D Printing to Make Custom Pelvic Implant and Surgical Guidance Jigs
Chondromyxoid fibroma, or CMF, is a rare, benign bone tumor that’s typically found in the bones of legs, arms, feet, hands, fingers, and toes and occurs most often between the…
GE Additive Customer Uses DMLM 3D Printing to Manufacture Blades for Medical Cutting Device
As the population continues to age, the number of necessary hip replacements rise, which means we’re seeing more 3D printed hip implants and hip cups. Implanting a hip cup is…
3D Printing Patient-Specific Anatomical Models In Hospitals Helps Doctors and Patients
As we know, 3D printing can help to significantly improve procedures in the medical industry, specifically within hospitals. More and more, we are seeing hospitals around the world implement 3D…
10 of the Most-Read 3D Printing Stories of 2017
At 3DPrint.com, we publish a lot of stories over the course of a year; 2,500 in 2017. As the news comes in and goes out to our readers, we take…
3D Printed Prostate Model Helped London Hospital Plan Out Robotic Surgery Ahead of International Live Broadcast
We often see 3D printing technology used in collaboration with robotic surgeries…but how would you like it if the world was watching it happen? The Worldwide Robotic Surgery 24-Hour Event,…
Chinese Hospital Uses 3D Printed Tantalum Implant in Successful Knee Replacement Surgery
I remember years ago, when my grandfather had double knee replacement surgery, it took him a pretty long time to recover. But, thanks to 3D printing technology, the recovery time…
Dinsmore and the Children’s Hospital of Orange County Show Value of Patient-Specific 3D Printed Tibia Model
A 3D printed anatomical model assisted in recent successful surgery on eighteen-year-old Moises Campos. In order to help surgeons better prepare for the complex operation, the Children’s Hospital of Orange…
PhD Candidate 3D Printing Kidney and Prostate Models for Clinical Trial with Stratasys
The LaGuardia Studio at New York University (NYU), a 3D printing studio, offers students, faculty, alumni, researchers, and visiting artists the chance to take advantage of cross-discipline curricula when creating…
New Study Results Show That 3D Printed Surgical Models Can Equal Major Cost and Time Savings
Having personal experience with the typically agonizing time spent in a waiting room while a loved one undergoes surgery, I am a big fan of anything that safely reduces the…
UK Hospital Uses 3D Printed Molds to Make a New Jaw for a Cancer Survivor
Getting a cancer diagnosis is never a good thing, and even if you beat the disease, there can be lasting health effects. 53-year-old HGV driver and father Stephen Waterhouse, who…
Spanish Surgeons Use Patient-Specific 3D Printed Surgical Instruments
Surgeons tend to be on the cutting edge all around, pun intended. With lives held in their very hands as they perform procedures from the most routine to those that…
How One Company is Defeating Obesity with 3D Printing-Based Bariatric Procedures
BioSculpture Technology, a company led by New York Downtown Hospitals and the Presbyterian New York affiliated plastic surgeon Robert Cucin, recently revealed that the 3D printing technology has allowed the…
Dr. Nicola Bizzotto Publishes Study Detailing Benefits of 3D Printing in Wrist Surgery
Promoter of the Italian Digital Biomanufacturing Network (IDBN), Dr. Nicola Bizzotto Orthopedic and Trauma Surgeon – Hand Surgeon of the Dolomiti Sportclinic in Ortisei-Bolzano, Sud Tirol,Italy, has been a first…
Cranioplasty Welcomes 3D Printed Molds for Reconstructive Surgery in Russia
Cranioplasty is the art and science of repairing defects or deformity in the skull. The reasons to perform this type of delicate surgery range from traumatic injuries to surgeries to…
Repairing Orbital Eye Socket Fractures with 3D Printed Molds
An orbital fracture is a traumatic injury to the bone of the eye socket, usually occurring as a result of blunt force trauma to the area surrounding the eye. Orbital…
