3D printing of self-healing personalized liver models for surgical training and preoperative planning.

ABSTRACT: 3D printing can produce intuitive, precise, and personalized anatomical models, providing invaluable support for precision medicine, particularly in areas like surgical training and preoperative planning. However, conventional 3D printed models are often significantly more rigid than human organs and cannot undergo repetitive resection, which severely restricts their clinical value. Here we report the stereolithographic 3D printing of personalized liver models based on physically crosslinked self-healing elastomers with liver-like softness. Benefiting from the short printing time, the highly individualized models can be fabricated immediately following enhanced CT examination. Leveraging the high-efficiency self-healing performance, these models support repetitive resection for optimal tra

SUBMITTER: Lu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10730511 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature