Open Access3D Printing: a clinician’s experience
Author(s) -
Craig Gerrand
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
bulletin of the royal college of surgeons of england
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1478-7075
pISSN - 1473-6357
DOI - 10.1308/rcsbull.2014.96.7.230
Subject(s) - resection , medicine , 3d printing , convergence (economics) , medical physics , surgery , computer science , operations management , engineering , mechanical engineering , economics , economic growth
The convergence of digital technologies in imaging, surgical navigation and additive layer manufacturing has opened up new possibilities for surgeons in many fields. One of these is the reconstruction of major bone defects after the resection of primary bone tumours.