3D printing for medical applications is impossible without a Technical Pyshisian
Publication date: 2021-01-11
Surgically treat patients with an aneurysm faultless when using 3D models
Publication date: 2020-12-23
Medical 3D printing is an emerging technological field that can have absolute added value in the preparation of a complex surgical treatment, but also certainly for training of medical specialists, nurse practitioners and nurses. By using the 3D models, patient-specific anatomical features can be made transparent.
An aortic aneurysm (AA) is a pathological dilation of the aorta. In Western countries, this condition mainly occurs in the abdomen (abdominal aortic aneurysm: AAA). During the course of the disease, aneurysms can grow and eventually rupture. Most AA patients have no symptoms, so they don't know they have an aneurysm. Sudden rupture of aneurysms can lead to severe internal bleeding.
3D printing of an (elastic) heart must be standard in every hospital (of the future)
Publication date: 2020-12-29
In the past, an anatomical model on a stand was quite normal and it is probably still on many desks in the doctors' room, or at home in the study room. It is extremely useful that parts can be taken away in order to allow inspection of deeper structures. These antatomical models however, are general models and for that reason do not provide insight into patient-specific cases.