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How 3-D Printing Is Changing Health Care
(WSJ) – The Mayo Clinic printed a model of a patient’s pelvis to plan surgery to remove a rare tumor that had spread to the base of the spine. […]
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Australian man gets new 3D PRINTED leg bone in world first surgery
(Daily Mail) – A Queensland man is the first person in the world to get a new shin bone created with a 3D printer. Reuben Lichter, 27, faced losing his leg after an infection which rotted the majority of the bone in his leg. […]
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3D Scanning and 3D Printing to Fix Bone and Cartilage Defects
(3DPRINT.COM) – 3D printing is changing the medical industry in multiple ways, saving lives and reducing pain and complications. Broken or diseased bones are way up there on the list of conditions that can cause a great deal of pain and complications […]
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For this 3D printing manufacturer, a complex implant is a piece of cake
(MedCity News) – Back in 2013, Oxford Performance Materials’ biomedical division got FDA clearance for the first 3D polymeric implant for cranial reconstruction. A year later it won clearance for its 3D printed facial device. […]
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Innovative Therapies Enhance Results of Total Knee Replacement
(Cleveland Clinic) – Total knee replacement (TKR) is utilized for end-stage knee osteoarthritis, which often leads to excellent long-term outcomes with greater than 95 percent survival at 20 years. Yet it has been shown that 20 percent or more of these patients can be dissatisfied with the procedure. […]
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5 ways 3D printing could totally change medicine
(Futurity) – A new study aims to alert medical professionals to the potential of 3D printing’s future use in the field. […]