Hospitals adopting in-house 3D printing for surgery planning

Implementing In-Hospital 3D Printing (Physicians Weekly)
Although 3D printing has become more popular in the last decade, few hospitals are printing by themselves. The Elisabeth-Tweesteden Hospital in Tilburg, the Netherlands, has purchased two 3D printers—the Makerbot Replicator Z18 and the Ultimaker 3—in the past year. The hospital, a Level-1 trauma center with a large neurosurgical department, aims to service 75% of all major trauma patients in the area. The trauma center’s 3D printing system focuses on bone structures and aims to help trauma surgeons better prepare for complex fractures.
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