3D-printing techniques in spine surgery: the future prospects and current challenges

Ai-Min Wu^{1

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3}, Jia-Liang Lin¹, Kenny Yat Hong Kwan², Xiang-Yang Wang¹, Jie Zhao³

Affiliations

¹ a Department of Spine Surgery , Zhejiang Spine Surgery Centre, Orthopaedic Hospital, The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Orthopaedics , Wenzhou , Zhejiang , China.
² b Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine , The University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong , SAR , China.
³ c Department of Orthopaedics , Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Orthopaedic Implants , Shanghai , China.

Review

Ai-Min Wu et al. Expert Rev Med Devices. 2018 Jun.

. 2018 Jun;15(6):399-401.

doi: 10.1080/17434440.2018.1483234. Epub 2018 Jun 5.

Ai-Min Wu^{1

2

3}, Jia-Liang Lin¹, Kenny Yat Hong Kwan², Xiang-Yang Wang¹, Jie Zhao³

¹ a Department of Spine Surgery , Zhejiang Spine Surgery Centre, Orthopaedic Hospital, The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Orthopaedics , Wenzhou , Zhejiang , China.
² b Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine , The University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong , SAR , China.
³ c Department of Orthopaedics , Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Orthopaedic Implants , Shanghai , China.

No abstract available

Keywords: 3D models; 3D printing; customized implant; navigational template; spine surgery.

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