The beneficial application of preoperative 3D printing for surgical stabilization of rib fractures.

OBJECTIVES:The beneficial application of three-dimensional (3D) printing for surgical stabilization of rib fractures (SSRF) has never been proposed in the literature before. The aim of this study was to verify patients' surgical outcomes when utilizing preoperative three-dimensional printing fo...

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Main Authors: Ying-Yi Chen, Kuan-Hsun Lin, Hsu-Kai Huang, Hung Chang, Shih-Chun Lee, Tsai-Wang Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6171838?pdf=render