CHANGSHA,
June 25 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese hospital has become the country's first to
experiment with 3D printing technology in vascular surgery.
Huang
Jianhua, director of surgery in Hunan Xiangya Hospital in central China's Hunan
Province, said on Wednesday that 3D printing had been used in an operation to
remove an aneurysm from a patient's abdomen. It was used to increase precision
of the surgery.
He said the
operation, which was completed earlier this month, involved a high level of
risk because the tumor had swollen the patient's aorta from 2 cm in diameter to
6 cm.
The
hospital contracted a 3D printing firm to make a 3D print of the CT scan of the
patient's tumor and its surrounding blood vessels.
Surgeons
used the printed model to set up intravascular tubes and remove the tumor.
3D printing
is more popular in the manufacturing and construction sectors. Its application
in the clinical medical field is still in an initial phase.
Editor: Xiang Bo
Related Articles:
 |
| The plastic skull was made with the help of a 3D printer: Photo: UMC Utrecht |
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.