How 3D printing body parts can be used in surgical planning [Video]

Researchers at the Tyree Foundation Institute of Health Engineering (Tyree IHealthE) recently designed and created a patient-based anatomical 3D model of a young child’s skull which helped surgeons devise and plan an innovative way of successfully removing a life-threatening tumour.

The team also recreated an exact replica of a specific patient’s trachea (windpipe) to help clinicians determine whether a certain surgical procedure could be performed safely.

Now the team are considering ways to make future 3D prints even more useful for medical professionals, by developing the use of different printing materials that recreate the complex way body parts feel and move.

Learn more at: https://news.unsw.edu.au/en/solving-clinical-problems-by-thinking-in-three-dimensions

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