The Current Role of Three-Dimensional Printing in Plastic Surgery.
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Abstract
Since the advent of three-dimensional printing in the 1980s, it has become possible to produce physical objects from digital files and create three-dimensional objects by adding one layer at a time following a predetermined pattern. Because of the continued development of inexpensive and easy-to-use three-dimensional printers and bioprinting, this technique has gained more momentum over time, especially in the field of medicine. This article reviews the current and possible future application of three-dimensional printing technology within the field of plastic and reconstructive surgery.
Medical subject headings
- Bioprinting
- Computer-Aided Design
- Imaging, Three-Dimensional
- Plastic Surgery Procedures
- Surgery, Plastic