3d printing surgical pre-planning
Surgeons Turning to 3D Printing & Pre-Surgical Planning for Jaw Surgeries in Korea
In ‘Comparison of time and cost between conventional surgical planning and virtual surgical planning in orthognathic surgery in Korea,’ authors Si-Yeon Park, Dae-Seok Hwang, Jae-Min Song, and Uk-Kuy Kim explore…
3D Printing Medical Models for Preoperative Planning in Healing Tibial Plateau Fractures
3D printing plays a large role in the surgical planning process, outlined in ‘Preoperative Plan with 3D Printing in Internal and External Fixation for Complex Tibial Plateau Fractures,’ by Chinese…
Nova Scotia Surgeons Use 3D Printed Brain Model in Surgical Planning For the First Time
Last spring, Nick Rahr of Canada began experiencing some puzzling dizziness. His doctor conducted a brain scan, and told him that everything was clear, but a few months later Rahr…
University of Rochester Medical Center: New 3D Printed Medical Models for Training Even Bleed
Throughout the centuries, medical students (and their teachers) have had to be very creative in finding ways to train for surgeries, as well as the most elementary procedures like stitching…
3D Printed Heart Replica Helps Save the Life of a Nine-Month-Old Baby
Using 3D printed organs for pre-planning complex surgical procedures is gaining a much wider acceptance and becoming far more commonplace than just a year ago. Doctors and hospitals all over…
