Great article on 3D printing and facial surgery
I've been working in this field for many years and am still amazed at what talented and clever people can do with 3D printing for healthcare. This article covers a procedure that used to take 3 surgeries and 18 months and can now be done in one day thanks to 3D printing cut guides, drill guides, medical models and stents. It is still a bear of a surgery but much much less than it used to be. 3D Systems Medical Modeling division provides the surgical planning and 3D printing services for this particular technique.
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9 年Can you imagine a day when implants will be custom printed to the patients' exact anatomy!? Wow! (P.S. Happy New Year Kevin!!)