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Using 3D printing in health care is a great innovation that needs to be brought to the forefront in medicine. The benefits in its application definitely outweigh the cost. The more proficient and confident surgeons are will lead to faster patient recovery times which in turn can positively impact nursing outcomes.

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Cost

It is still arguable whether the financial cost of aforementioned procedures will ever be sufficiently low to provide cost-effectiveness and availability to a large group of patients. The cost of 3D printed skull replicas is only $3.85 [25], and 3D printing is likely to be used in surgical planning and medical education. While one tracheal splint would cost $100 [14] and still have a very feasible
large-scale application, about $40,000 would be needed for an artificial nose (Radenkovic, Solouk, & Seifalian, 2016).

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Applying current CT, MRI concepts to 3D printing (Boston Globe, 2015).

3D printed models have great utility in preoperative planning (Tsung-yen, H., Dedhia, R., Cervenka, B., Tollefson, T. T., & Hsieh, T., 2017).

Useful in complex face transplant reconstruction or complex cancers (Boston Globe, 2015).

Starting to measure reduction in OR times, decreases in anesthetic times (Boston Globe, 2015).

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3D printing is a technique of fabricating physical models from a 3D volumetric digital image. The image is sliced and printed using a specific material into thin layers, and successive layering of the material produces a 3D model. It has already been used for printing surgical models for preoperative planning and in constructing personalized prostheses for patients. The ultimate goal is to achieve the development of
functional human organs and tissues, to overcome limitations of organ transplantation created by the
lack of organ donors and life-long immunosuppression (Radenkovic, Solouk, & Seifalian, 2016).

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Personalized development of human organs using 3D printing technology

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Could we see 3D printed human organs? BBC Click

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Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University in the US, have adapted a low cost MakerBot 3D printer to print with biological materials. The team hope their work could one day lead to a world in which transplants are no longer necessary to repair damaged organs.

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BBC Click (2015, October 28).  Could we see 3D printed human organs? BBC Click [Video file]. Retrieved from
https://youtu.be/Qhi2NA976XM

Radenkovic, D., Solouk, A., & Seifalian, A. (2016). Personalized development of human organs using 3D printing
technology. Medical Hypotheses, 8730-33. doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2015.12.017

The Boston Globe (2015, May 8).  Game changers: 3D medical printing. [Video file].  Retrieved from
https://youtu.be/G0B-2Hcg3YI

Tsung-yen, H., Dedhia, R., Cervenka, B., Tollefson, T. T., & Hsieh, T. (2017). 3D Printing: current use in facial plastic and
reconstructive surgery. Current Opinion In Otolaryngology & Head & Neck Surgery, 25(4), 291-299.
doi:10.1097/MOO.0000000000000373

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Doctors at two Boston hospitals are printing exact replicas of their patients' anatomy to prepare teams for complex surgeries.

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Facial Reconstruction for traumatic injuries with more precision. 

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Facial Reconstruction for traumatic injuries with more precision. 

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What do we have ear?  3D printing being used to make artificial parts

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What do we have ear?  3D printing being used to make artificial parts