Three-Dimensional Printing for Perioperative Planning of Complex Aortic Arch Surgery

Optimizing cerebrovascular surgical and endovascular procedures in children via personalized 3D printing

“…In other fields of medicine and surgery, the use of simulation has proven to be a useful tool to reduce therapeutic risk in complex medical conditions. 1,4,7,8,10 In this proof-of-principle series, we report our initial experience with the novel application of 3D printing as a simulation tool translated directly to the operating room to improve the treatment of children with neurovascular disease.…”

Three-dimensional printing in cardiology: Current applications and future challenges

“…3D TTE/TEE Left atrial appendage occlusion [14], postoperative hemodynamic testing following MitraClip procedure [41] MRI TGA, VSD, PS [42], DORV [43], hypoplastic aortic arch [44], aortic arch aneurysm [45], pulmonary atresia, ASD, tricuspid regurgitation, dextrocardia [46], retroesophageal LSA + right aortic arch [47] MSCT ASD [48,49], VSD [50], LAA occlusion [51], severe AS [52], extensive AA [53], severe mitral valve regurgitation [54], neopulmonary stenosis [55], primary dilated cardiomyopathy [56], primary cardiac schwannoma [57], double-chambered right ventricle [58], severe pulmonary venous stenosis [59], complex aortic obstruction [60], juxtarenal AA [61], DOLV, VSD, PS [62], left atrium osteosarcoma [63], hypertrophic cardiomyopathy [64], prosthetic MV perivalvular leak [65], ventricular aneurysm [66], pulmonary venous baffle to the systemic right ventricle [67], tricuspid atresia [67], His bundle pacing [68] AA -atherosclerotic aneurysm; rest abbreviations are the same with the Table 1 www.cardiologyjournal.org three challenges are discussed which need to be addressed in the future.…”

Three-dimensional printing in surgery: a review of current surgical applications

“…23 As 3DP allows the creation of hollow structures, one team has also advocated using a pathological model of a severely arteriosclerotic aortic aneurysm for training purposes. 24 This could mean surgical trainees have more opportunities to improve their skills on rare cardiac complications, or even experienced surgeons would be able to practice before deciding to operate on extremely highrisk patients. 25 With an aging population resulting in patients coming back for additional cardiac surgery, possibly with previous grafting making anatomy more complex, visualization in 3D will prove helpful.…”

“…15,33,46,57 Rarely, the object can take over 24 overs to generate. 24,58 On the one hand, the accessibility of being able to print an in-house model over a period of hours rather than waiting for days for an externally sourced one is useful.…”