Baskaran Vivek, Štrkalj Goran, Štrkalj Mirjana, Di Ieva Antonio
ACT Health Canberra, ACT, Australia.
Faculty of Science and Engineering, Macquarie University Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Front Neuroanat. 2016 Jun 24;10:69. doi: 10.3389/fnana.2016.00069. eCollection 2016.
3D printing is a form of rapid prototyping technology, which has led to innovative new applications in biomedicine. It facilitates the production of highly accurate three dimensional objects from substrate materials. The inherent accuracy and other properties of 3D printing have allowed it to have exciting applications in anatomy education and surgery, with the specialty of neurosurgery having benefited particularly well. This article presents the findings of a literature review of the Pubmed and Web of Science databases investigating the applications of 3D printing in anatomy and surgical education, and neurosurgery. A number of applications within these fields were found, with many significantly improving the quality of anatomy and surgical education, and the practice of neurosurgery. They also offered advantages over existing approaches and practices. It is envisaged that the number of useful applications will rise in the coming years, particularly as the costs of this technology decrease and its uptake rises.
3D打印是快速成型技术的一种形式，它在生物医学领域带来了创新性的新应用。它有助于从基底材料生产出高度精确的三维物体。3D打印固有的精度和其他特性使其在解剖学教育和手术中有令人兴奋的应用，神经外科专业尤其受益。本文介绍了一项对PubMed和科学网数据库的文献综述结果，该综述调查了3D打印在解剖学和外科教育以及神经外科中的应用。在这些领域发现了许多应用，其中许多显著提高了解剖学和外科教育的质量以及神经外科的实践水平。它们还比现有方法和实践具有优势。预计在未来几年，有用的应用数量将会增加，特别是随着这项技术成本的降低和采用率的提高。
