Case series of three-dimensional printing technology applied in complex craniofacial deformity surgery

Mendonca, Derick A.; Deraje, Vybhav; Gujjalanavar, Rajendra S; Gopal, Swaroop

doi:10.4103/2348-2125.187520

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“…Other than the turribrachycephalic skull, the child also had greatly raised intracranial pressure with papilledema and copper beaten appearance of the skull. Thorough preoperative planning enabled faster surgery and decreased anesthesia time in a compromised patient [85].…”

Section: Role Of 3d Printing In Medical Fieldmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Role of 3D Printing in Medical Applications: A State of the Art

Aimar¹,

Palermo

Innocenti

2019

Journal of Healthcare Engineering

483

298

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Three-dimensional (3D) printing refers to a number of manufacturing technologies that generate a physical model from digital information. Medical 3D printing was once an ambitious pipe dream. However, time and investment made it real. Nowadays, the 3D printing technology represents a big opportunity to help pharmaceutical and medical companies to create more specific drugs, enabling a rapid production of medical implants, and changing the way that doctors and surgeons plan procedures. Patient-specific 3D-printed anatomical models are becoming increasingly useful tools in today’s practice of precision medicine and for personalized treatments. In the future, 3D-printed implantable organs will probably be available, reducing the waiting lists and increasing the number of lives saved. Additive manufacturing for healthcare is still very much a work in progress, but it is already applied in many different ways in medical field that, already reeling under immense pressure with regards to optimal performance and reduced costs, will stand to gain unprecedented benefits from this good-as-gold technology. The goal of this analysis is to demonstrate by a deep research of the 3D-printing applications in medical field the usefulness and drawbacks and how powerful technology it is.

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Section: Role Of 3d Printing In Medical Fieldmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Role of 3D Printing in Medical Applications: A State of the Art

Aimar¹,

Palermo

Innocenti

2019

Journal of Healthcare Engineering

483

298

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“…Most of these databases provide the function of a text-based model search for keywords. The most crucial part of the fabrication of a qualitative 3D model is to obtain high-resolution CT data of the organ [63]. Unfortunately, the segmentation process leads to the creation of different kinds of errors and artifacts (non-manifold objects, duplicated vertex, etc.).…”

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Creation of Anatomically Correct and Optimized for 3D Printing Human Bones Models

Edelmers

Kažoka

Pilmane

2021

ASI

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Educational institutions in several countries state that the education sector should be modernized to ensure a contemporary, individualized, and more open learning process by introducing and developing advance digital solutions and learning tools. Visualization along with 3D printing have already found their implementation in different medical fields in Pauls Stradiņš Clinical University Hospital, and Rīga Stradiņš University, where models are being used for prosthetic manufacturing, surgery planning, simulation of procedures, and student education. The study aimed to develop a detailed methodology for the creation of anatomically correct and optimized models for 3D printing from radiological data using only free and widely available software. In this study, only free and cross-platform software from widely available internet sources has been used—“Meshmixer”, “3D Slicer”, and “Meshlab”. For 3D printing, the Ultimaker 5S 3D printer along with PLA material was used. In its turn, radiological data have been obtained from the “New Mexico Decedent Image Database”. In total, 28 models have been optimized and printed. The developed methodology can be used to create new models from scratch, which can be used will find implementation in different medical and scientific fields—simulation processes, anthropology, 3D printing, bioprinting, and education.

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