3d printing - print that saves lives
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More and more stories of the miracles 3D printing is performing in the healthcare industry come out in the press every month. The majority of them are helping the physically disabled live easier lives with custom made prosthetics, but some cases have actually saved the lives of patients.TRANSCRIPT
3D Printing – Print that Saves Lives
Surgeons are pretty happy
Here's why...
Thanks to 3D Printing
A baby with a life limiting congenital heart defect was successfully operated on
Thanks to 3D Printing
A woman with a brain tumour was saved from future problems with sight, smell and taste after detailed prints
of her brain made surgery much safer
Thanks to 3D Printing
A baby born with tracheobronchomalacia that had to be resuscitated daily can now have his tracheotomy tube
removed for good with support from a printed spint
Thanks to 3D Printing
A boy with a rare bone cancer had a customised printed vertebra implanted that meant surgery was easier and his recovery speed
was faster
Thanks to 3D Printing
Another cancer sufferer was given the all clear after the surgeons were able to practice on a printed model before the
3rd attempt
Thanks to 3D Printing
A normally inaccessible tangle of vessels that was causing a teenager to have seizures was successfully removed
Thanks to 3D Printing
A young woman with a rare disease that caused her skull to thicken had her entire cranium replaced, something not possible
before
Click through to the next slide to watch a video of the cranium
surgery
Read more on these stories at Toner Printer Copier's blog
Picture and story sources:
http://www.inside3dp.com/doctors-3d-print-human-heart-using-fat-cells/
http://3dprint.com/4851/3d-bioprint-blood-vessels/
http://www.latinpost.com/articles/24504/20141027/3d-printing-nyc-hospital-uses-printer-build-heart-baby-congenital.htm
http://www.inside3dp.com/man-helps-save-wifes-life-3d-printing/
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/263218.php
http://www.cnet.com/uk/news/3d-printing-helps-surgeons-save-5-year-olds-life/
http://www.euronews.com/2014/09/01/china-conducts-first-3d-printed-vertebra-implant/
http://www.courant.com/health/hc-southington-3d-brain-1004-20141014-story.html
http://www.3ders.org/articles/20140326-world-first-dutch-patient-has-her-skull-replaced-with-3d-printed-implant.html