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1st Edition - August 14, 2020
Editors: Daniel J. Thomas, Deepti Singh
3D Printing in Medicine and Surgery: Applications in Healthcare is an advanced book on surgical and enhanced medical applications that can be achieved with 3D printing. It is an… Read more
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3D Printing in Medicine and Surgery: Applications in Healthcare is an advanced book on surgical and enhanced medical applications that can be achieved with 3D printing. It is an essential handbook for medical practitioners, giving access to a range of practical methods, while also focusing on applied knowledge. This comprehensive resource features practical experiments and processes for preparing 3D printable materials. Early chapters cover foundational knowledge and background reading, while later chapters discuss and review the current technologies used to engineer specific tissue types, experiments and methods, medical approaches and the challenges that lie ahead for future research.
The book is an indispensable reference guide to the various methods used by current medical practitioners working at the forefront of 3D printing applications in medicine.
Surgeons, researchers in biomedical engineering, product design, mechanical engineering, regenerative medicine, stem cell science, pharmaceutical studies, biotechnology and/or bio-manufacturing industries
1. Introduction
2. Clinical Uses of 3D Printing
Part 1: 3D Printing Techniques for Augmenting Medicine
3. 3D Printing Techniques
4. Prosthetics
5. Operative Models
6. Surgical Instruments
Part 2: Applications of 3D Printing in Transplantation Procedures
7. Dental Implants
8. Organ Bioprinting
9. Biomanufacturing
10. 3D Bioprinting of Tissue Systems
11. Transplantable Scaffolds
12. 3D Printing Equipment in Medicine
Part 3: Future Technology and Regulation
13. Future Perspective in Medicine
14. Regulation and Safety
15. Conclusions
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