Intracranial vasculature 3D printing: review of techniques and manufacturing processes to inform clinical practice.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In recent years, three-dimensional (3D) printing has been increasingly applied to the intracranial vasculature for patient-specific surgical planning, training, education, and research. Unfortunately, though, much of the prior literature regarding 3D printing has focused on the end-product and not the process. In addition, for 3D printing/manufacturing to occur on a large scale, challenges and bottlenecks specific to each modeled anatomy must be overcome.

Main body

In this review article, limitations and considerations of each 3D printing processing step, as they relate to printing individual intracranial vasculature models and providing an active clinical service for a quaternary care center, are discussed. Relevant advantages and disadvantages of the available a

SUBMITTER: Cogswell PM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7409717 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature