3-D Printing in the O.R.
May 12, 2015 | Terry Sharrer
Not long ago, surgeons in Sweden implanted a 3-D printed mandible in an 85 year old woman’s mouth, with good results. Now a New York plastic surgeon proposes that 3-D printing could be done in the O.R. during a surgery, with a prosthetic printed, refined, and sterilized during the procedure. This is the aim of the surgeon’s company, Osiris Biomedical. MORE
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