Search Tag: 3D printing
2025 30 Mar
Surgical intervention in Crohn’s disease (CD) often stems from complications caused by intestinal fibrosis, a condition marked by excessive connective tissue formation in the bowel wall. Accurate assessment of this fibrosis remains a clinical challenge, as current diagnostic methods either lack precision or involve invasive procedures. With no...Read more
2017 18 May
Cardiology has the distinction of being one of the earliest specializations in which patient-specific 3D anatomical models were implemented as part of treatment procedures. And although Medical 3D Printing has been used in the field for quite a few years already, much debate remains regarding which case should involve a 3D patient-specific...Read more
2016 17 Oct
A Northwestern Engineering research team has created bone implants that trigger their own replacement with real bone. Bone implantation is often performed by replacing the missing bone with bone harvested from elsewhere in the body. This often has complications, including pain, as a result. In other cases, metallic implants are used. The process...Read more