3D-Printed Model Used to Assist in Pelvic Fracture Surgery
Surgeons at a hospital in Shanghai claimed to perform a successful operation assisted by 3D-printing technology on a bone-fractured patient in May, and she is expected to walk again in three months.
To prepare for the surgery, surgeons used a 3d printer to create a 3d model of the patient’s fractured pelvis to practice the procedure before the actual surgery.
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Iam a 44 year old man I have had a knee replacement that fail and had to have it removed, now upon putting the knee replacement back in, surgeons think that that would not work for this injury and an suggest amputationis nothing wrong with anything else,muscles have grown smallbut not totally delapiated, if they are saying I am going to lose the lower leg anyway… why not give bio printing a shot. My name is Anthony waiting for suggestion…