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Review
. 2021 Mar 25;7(2):333.
doi: 10.18063/ijb.v7i2.333. eCollection 2021.

The Role of 3D-Printed Phantoms and Devices for Organ-specified Appliances in Urology

Natanael Parningotan Agung  1 , Muhammad Hanif Nadhif  2   3 , Gampo Alam Irdam  1 , Chaidir Arif Mochtar  1
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Review

The Role of 3D-Printed Phantoms and Devices for Organ-specified Appliances in Urology

Natanael Parningotan Agung et al. Int J Bioprint. .

Abstract

Urology is one of the fields that are always at the frontline of bringing scientific advancements into clinical practice, including 3D printing (3DP). This study aims to discuss and presents the current role of 3D-printed phantoms and devices for organ-specified applications in urology. The discussion started with a literature search regarding the two mentioned topics within PubMed, Embase, Scopus, and EBSCOhost databases. 3D-printed urological organ phantoms are reported for providing residents new insight regarding anatomical characteristics of organs, either normal or diseased, in a tangible manner. Furthermore, 3D-printed organ phantoms also helped urologists to prepare a pre-surgical planning strategy with detailed anatomical models of the diseased organs. In some centers, 3DP technology also contributed to developing specified devices for disease management. To date, urologists have been benefitted by 3D-printed phantoms and devices in the education and disease management of organs of in the genitourinary system, including kidney, bladder, prostate, ureter, urethra, penis, and adrenal. It is safe to say that 3DP technology can bring remarkable changes to daily urological practices.

Keywords: 3D printing; Devices; Phantoms; Urology.

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Conflict of interest statement

No conflict of interest was reported by all authors.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
3D printing sequences from design to product.
Figure 2
Figure 2
3D printed urological models for training and education: (A) prostate cancer (from ref.[35] licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License), (B) kidney cancer (from ref.[35] licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License) and (C) kidney cancer (from ref.[38] licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License), and (d) kidney stone [reproduced from ref.[47] with the kind permission of Dr. Lütfi Canat (private communication)].
Figure 3
Figure 3
3D printed urological models and devices for disease management: (A) Cancerous kidney model for LPN (from ref.[49] licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License), (B) bladder model made using a 3D printed mold (from ref.[75] Lurie K.L, Smith G.T, Khan S.A, et al. Three-dimensional, distendable bladder phantom for optical coherence tomography and white light cystoscopy, Journal of Biomedical Optics 19(3), 036009 (1 March 2014). doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.19.3.036009, (C) navigation template for puncture of SNS (Reprinted Zhang JZ, Zhang P, Wu LY, et al., Application of an individualized and reassemblable 3D printing navigation template for accurate puncture during sacral neuromodulation, Copyright © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc[55], (D) cancerous prostate model (from ref.[66] under a Creative Commons Attribution License), and (E) urethral Meatal dilator (from ref.[76] under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License).
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