Open Access3D printing body parts: rewriting the future of surgery
Author(s) -
Jessop Zita M,
Whitaker Iain S
Publication year - 2018
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.2018.m1
Subject(s) - 3d printing , rewriting , computer science , operations management , business , medicine , engineering , mechanical engineering , programming language
3D bioprinting is one of the most exciting technological revolutions healthcare has ever seen. The original aim of producing solid 3D polymer models have been superseded and biological printing is the next step.