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How Effective Are 3D-Printed Models When Preparing for Surgery?

Sandrine Debecker
February 04, 2016
How Effective Are 3D-Printed Models When Preparing for Surgery?

3D-printed models of cardiovascular anatomy can be used to improve planning, education and training, but how effective are these models when preparing for surgery? Laszlo Kiraly, PhD, pediatric cardiac surgeon at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, United Arab Emirates, and his team have recently published a case report in the Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery journal about the benefits of 3D-printed anatomical replicas.

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Disease Modeling: In-Vivo Aneurysm Analysis in 3D

Liesbeth Kemel
January 25, 2016
Disease Modeling: In-Vivo Aneurysm Analysis in 3D

An interesting application of 3D Printing & visualization software is disease modeling. For example, the development of aortic aneurysms, life-threatening dilations of the aorta, is affected by a wide range of environmental and genetic factors. Therefore, aortic aneurysms are difficult to study clinically and experimentally. A team of researchers at the University of Rochester, New York, including Dr. Ankur Chandra, Associate Professor of surgery and biomedical engineering and a practicing vascular surgeon himself, took the challenge.

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Can 3D-Printed Models Enhance Patient Communication?

Sandrine Debecker
January 14, 2016
Can 3D-Printed Models Enhance Patient Communication?

A research team from the Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London and the Cardiorespiratory Division of the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London performed a study on the feasibility of using 3D-printed models in clinical practice.

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Phoenix Children’s Hospital Runs 3D Printing Project for Patients

Liesbeth Kemel
July 27, 2015
Phoenix Children’s Hospital Runs 3D Printing Project for Patients

Thanks to major efforts from the Patient and Family Alumni Leadership fundraising group (PALs), Phoenix Children’s Hospital is now 3D printing models for patients as a souvenir of their troublesome medical past, either to cherish as a memento or destroy as a way of coping.

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How Is a 3D-Printed Heart Model Created?

Sandrine Debecker
February 10, 2015
How Is a 3D-Printed Heart Model Created?

Nearly every week there’s a story in the news about how 3D Printing is revolutionizing personalized health care. 3D software and models can be used to explain a patient’s condition to families, assist in diagnosing complex pathologies, review surgical planning and even test a procedure before physicians enter the operating room. Four-year-old Adaenelie Gonzalez, sixteen-year-old Bradley White, and others have all been helped thanks to this novel technology.

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Saving a Newborn with 3D Printing

Liesbeth Kemel
November 28, 2014
Saving a Newborn with 3D Printing

Looks like this story hasn't made it to our blog yet! Read this amazing case of a newborn who was saved thanks to 3D Printing and the Mimics Innovation Suite software.

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