A team of researchers from Tampere University, Finland, has experimented with a new method of nasal surgery preparation using 3D printing. With the aim of determining whether or not 3D printing could …
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Turkish university researchers assess 3D printing applications in spinal surgery
A group of Turkish university researchers has assessed the viability of using 3D bioprinting technology to enhance success rates in spinal surgery. By combining CT scanning and 3D bioprinting technol…
LOGEEKs 3D printed implants used in hip surgery, company announces cloud platform for manufacturing service
LOGEEKs, a manufacturing service provider located in Russia, has made two announcements surrounding its 3D printing operations. Its digital manufacturing arm, LOGEEKs DM, has launched a new cloud plat…
3D printing helps complex surgery and medical education at UC David Health
UC Davis Health’s surgeons are using 3D printing to assist them in complex surgical procedures. Part of the University of California, Davis, the faculty believes that in the long term this technology …
St. Mary’s Hospital uses 3D printing to perform corrective nasal surgery
Researchers at St. Mary’s Hospital in Seoul, South Korea, have applied 3D printing to the treatment of a condition that can cause respiratory problems and sleep disorders. In a clinical study, the tea…
Qatar’s first conjoined twin separation surgery made possible by 3D printing
Sidra Medicine, a specialist medical facility, has announced a successful outcome for a complex medical procedure. A nine-hour operation to separate conjoined twins, Hamad and Tamim, was the culminati…
3D printed tracheal splints used in pediatric surgery
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (CHoA) and the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) have successfully used 3D printed tracheal splints in the pediatric surgery of a 7-month old patient with…
Researchers explore limitations of patient-specific, 3D printed guides for breast surgery
Plastic surgeons at Radboud University in the Netherlands have demonstrated how 3D printing can be used to help reconstruct the breast tissue. The findings, published in the European Journal of Plasti…
3D printed hearts aid American Family Children’s Hospital surgery
A group of surgeons at American Family Children’s Hospital (AFCH), Wisconsin, are collaborating with engineers at the University of Wisconsin Madison to use 3D printing to prepare for pediatric heart …
Renishaw metal 3D printing rebuilds patient’s jaw groundbreaking UHW surgery
An oral cancer patient at the University Hospital of Wales (UHW) has successfully received innovative post-cancer facial reconstruction, thanks to 3D modeling from the International Centre for Design …