How 3D printing can revamp personalised surgery

Med-Tech Innovation February 18, 2021
Gautam Gupta

Gautam Gupta – vice president and general manager, medical devices, 3D Systems, explains how 3D printing technology is used to design patient-specific tools and guides to help improve surgical outcomes.

Healthcare is one of the most dynamic fields of technology. The speed at which innovation is occurring — from the way surgeries are performed, to the development of new therapies — is moving ever more rapidly.

Unfortunately, despite all these advances, findings by the World Health Organisation suggest that globally, surgery still results in high rates of illness, disease, and death. Unsafe surgical care procedures cause complications in up to 25% of patients. Almost seven million surgical patients suffer significant complications, one million of whom die during or immediately...

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