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. 2016 Mar;137(3):1045-1055.
doi: 10.1097/01.prs.0000479977.37428.8e.

The Current Role of Three-Dimensional Printing in Plastic Surgery

Parisa Kamali  1 , David Dean, Roman Skoracki, Pieter G L Koolen, Marek A Paul, Ahmed M S Ibrahim, Samuel J Lin
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The Current Role of Three-Dimensional Printing in Plastic Surgery

Parisa Kamali et al. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2016 Mar.

Abstract

Since the advent of three-dimensional printing in the 1980s, it has become possible to produce physical objects from digital files and create three-dimensional objects by adding one layer at a time following a predetermined pattern. Because of the continued development of inexpensive and easy-to-use three-dimensional printers and bioprinting, this technique has gained more momentum over time, especially in the field of medicine. This article reviews the current and possible future application of three-dimensional printing technology within the field of plastic and reconstructive surgery.

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