Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2014 Aug 26;55(8):5380-1. doi: 10.1167/iovs.14-15231.
The three-dimensional (3D) printer is a new technology that creates physical objects from digital files. Recent technological advances in 3D printing have resulted in increased use of this technology in the medical field, where it is beginning to revolutionize medical and surgical possibilities. It is already providing medicine with powerful tools that facilitate education, surgical planning, and organ transplantation research. A good understanding of this technology will be beneficial to ophthalmologists. The potential applications of 3D printing in ophthalmology, both current and future, are explored in this article.
三维（3D）打印机是一种新技术，它可以根据数字文件创建物理对象。最近 3D 打印技术的进步导致该技术在医疗领域的使用增加，它开始改变医学和外科手术的可能性。它已经为医学提供了强大的工具，促进了教育、手术规划和器官移植研究。眼科医生对这项技术有很好的了解将是有益的。本文探讨了 3D 打印在眼科领域的当前和未来的潜在应用。
