Clinical efficacy and effectiveness of 3D printing: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the clinical efficacy and effectiveness of using 3D printing to develop medical devices across all medical fields. DESIGN:Systematic review compliant with Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses. DATA SOURCES:PubMed, Web of Science, OVID, IEEE Xplore and Google Scholar. METHODS:A double-blinded review method was used to select all abstracts up to January 2017 that reported on clinical trials of a three-dimensional (3D)-printed medical device. The studies were ranked according to their level of evidence, divided into medical fields based on the International Classification of Diseases chapter divisions and categorised into whether they were used for preoperative planning, aiding surgery or therapy. The Downs and Black Quality Index critical a

SUBMITTER: Diment LE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5778284 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature