Three-dimensional Printing Technology in Surgery
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Three dimensional printing, additive manufacturing or stereolithography as it was first described has recently come into vogue within the scientific community. Initially conceived in the 1980s by Charles Hull, it represents the successive addition of layers of various materials to form high definition three dimensional structures using Cartesian co-ordinates from 3D computer aided design (CAD) software [4,5]. Over the years, advances in biofabrication, have given the ability to use a variety of bio-inert materials, from hydrogels, ceramics and polymers, to bio absorbable glass and even metals [4,6-8].
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