February 2023, Mikrocentrum, Veldhoven, The Netherlands
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Cranioplasty is the art and science of repairing defects or deformity in the skull. The reasons to perform this type of delicate surgery range from traumatic injuries to surgeries to birth defects. Continue reading “Cranioplasty Welcomes 3D Printed Molds for Reconstructive Surgery in Russia”
Researchers at the University of Sydney have begun printing templates of missing skull pieces and successfully trialling them on patients with injuries from the size of a 20 cent piece up to 40 per cent of a patient’s skull missing. Continue reading “3D printed skull implants provide potential for other body replacements say Sydney researchers”
Did you ever see Face/Off? This is like that, but actually really good and all of the actors in it are quite talented. Doctors at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston are 3D printing life-size models of patients’ skulls in order to prep for face transplant surgery. Continue reading “3D Printing Aids in 5 Facial Transplant Surgeries”
The world of 3D printing continues its inevitable march into the land of mainstream medical treatments. FDA gives the nod to a 3D-printed facial implant that can be customized for individual patients in need of facial-reconstruction surgery. Continue reading “3D-printed face implant gets FDA approval”
3D printing is really beginning to make a huge mark in the medical field. Whether it is bioprinting of living tissue, 3D printing of models for surgeons and doctors to study, or 3D printed structures that are placed within the body, there is a bright future ahead for the medical field because of this upcoming technology. Continue reading “Patient in Argentina Receives 3D Printed Titanium Skull Implant”
Researchers are developing ways to repair skull fractures – or reconstruct faces damaged in accidents – by using live cells in 3D-printed implants. Continue reading “European Scientists Use Live Cells in 3D-Printed Implants to Reconstruct Bones and Faces”
Dutch surgeons have successfully placed an entire 3D-printed skull dome over the brain of a 22-year-old woman suffering from a rare bone disorder. Doctors say this surgery is unprecedented. Continue reading “Surgeons perform world’s first implant of entire 3D-printed plastic skull dome (VIDEO)”