Main description:

3D Printing in Medicine and Surgery: Applications in Healthcare is an advanced book on surgical and enhanced medical applications that can be achieved with 3D printing. It is an essential handbook for medical practitioners, giving access to a range of practical methods, while also focusing on applied knowledge. This comprehensive resource features practical experiments and processes for preparing 3D printable materials. Early chapters cover foundational knowledge and background reading, while later chapters discuss and review the current technologies used to engineer specific tissue types, experiments and methods, medical approaches and the challenges that lie ahead for future research.

The book is an indispensable reference guide to the various methods used by current medical practitioners working at the forefront of 3D printing applications in medicine.

Contents:

1. Introduction 2. Clinical Uses of 3D Printing

Part 1: 3D Printing Techniques for Augmenting Medicine 3. 3D Printing Techniques 4. Prosthetics 5. Operative Models 6. Surgical Instruments

Part 2: Applications of 3D Printing in Transplantation Procedures 7. Dental Implants 8. Organ Bioprinting 9. Biomanufacturing 10. 3D Bioprinting of Tissue Systems 11. Transplantable Scaffolds 12. 3D Printing Equipment in Medicine

Part 3: Future Technology and Regulation 13. Future Perspective in Medicine 14. Regulation and Safety 15. Conclusions