Exclusives
Meet the Advisory Board, speakers and partners, plus gain exclusive access to 3DMedLIVE 2019 content via our host publications, 3DMedNet and the Journal of 3D Printing in Medicine.
Interviews
Kenny Dalgarno
Managing expectations, discovering new applications and developing new technology: an interview with Kenny Dalgarno
“The existing issues are with scalability. 3D printing techniques are not necessarily quick and not necessarily reliable; the ones that are reliable tend to be slow and the ones that are quick tend to be unreliable. Therefore, they’re not fully mature industrial processes. I think that’s true of additive manufacturing in general, for the most part, and is also true of the biofabrication processes. In a technology sense, they’re still emerging, and will be improved.”
>> Read the full interview on 3DMedNet
Pankaj Chandak
3D printing for complex paediatric transplantation: an interview with Pankaj Chandak
“Using preoperative 3D printing of patient specific models enables the transplant surgical team to plan, rehearse and discuss the best approach in trying to implant an adult sized donor kidney (from mum or dad) into a small child recipient (<20kg) who may also have complex vascular abnormalities. After reviewing conventional imaging such as CT and MR, these children are, at times, deemed challenging to transplant due to presence of significant abnormalities in their blood vessels or anatomy and they are explored surgically to establish feasibility prior to the donor surgery commencing. 3D printing offers a novel, cutting edge, improved, hands-on modality of determining feasibility in these challenging cases essentially helping to reduce uncertain operative feasibility.”
>> Read the full interview on 3DMedNet
Rafael Guerrero
3D printing supporting complex surgery & training the next generation with 3D printing: interviews with Rafael Guerrero
In 2017, 3DMedNet visited Alder Hey Children’s Hospital (Liverpool, UK) to speak to a team behind an embedded 3D facility.
Find out more about Raphael Guerrero and his experience utilising 3D-printed models to assist complex paediatric surgeries, as well as what support is required in the training of future surgeons.
>> Watch the full interviews on 3DMedNet
Richard Kerr
3D printing, genomics and the future of surgery: an interview with Richard Kerr
“I think we established that the changes are going to be driven particularly by genomics, but also by advances in digital technology when it comes to data collection and data analysis, as well as the way we actually deliver our surgery. So very exciting times! “
>> Read the full interview on 3DMedNet
Editorials
Amy Alexander 
A biomedical engineer’s role in multidisciplinary pre-surgical planning and practice at the point-of-care
“To know that you can solve any problem with the right resources and ingenuity is freeing. To be able to apply those solutions to the improvement of patient care is invaluable.”
>> Read the full editorial on 3DMedNet
Dietmar Hutmacher
3D printing in surgery: the groundwork for a paradigm change in personalized surgical treatment
“Additive manufacturing is going to transform medicine today, whether it is via patient-specific surgical models or custom-made prosthetics. Personalized on-demand medicines and bioprinting of scaffold and/or bioink cell constructs, however, need at least another decade to demonstrate clinical significance.”
>> Read the full editorial on 3DMedNet
Andrew Scott
3D printing in MRI and its application in an MRI compatible ex vivo beating heart
“The excellent soft tissue contrast means that MRI images are often used as the basis for 3D-printed models for surgical planning, patient information and training. One key area where 3D printing is likely to make substantial impact is in congenital heart disease. MRI-based models of one or both of the blood pool and the heart and great vessels may be used in planning surgery or interventions or in aiding patients in understanding their condition.”
>> Read the full editorial on 3DMedNet
From our partners
3D LifePrints
Embedding 3D printing: meet 3D LifePrints
“The embedded ‘Hub’ service model is [3D LifePrints’] solution. Not only is 3D printing value delivered directly to clinicians and their patients in the central ‘Hub’ hospital, it is actively spread out and shared with other hospitals, universities and healthcare businesses in the region.”
>> Read the full post on 3DMedNet
axial3D
Outsourcing 3D printing for complex transplant procedure preparation: an interview with Tim Brown
“We all work off 2D imaging at the moment, using CT scanning, x-rays and things like that. When we look at a 2D image, we are, in our heads, not truly reconstructing those in the 3D space. Whenever I look, for example, at a donor nephrectomy on a CT scan, I am creating a 3D image in my own head as to what I think I am going to see whenever I get into the patient.”
>> Read the full interview on 3DMedNet
Laser Lines
Surgical planning with patient-specific 3D-printed medical models
“3D printing can improve patient care, reduce costs and increase speed at every step in the medical value chain. Positive clinical outcomes are often decided by several factors: fully briefed and prepared surgeons, efficient completion of the procedure within a safe timeframe and an understanding of patient-specific risks to avoid complications during or post-surgery.”
>> Read the full post on 3DMedNet
From the Editor
Editor’s highlights from 3DMedLIVE 2019: 3D printing in surgery
“Overall, the patient-focused, collaborative and community feel of 3DMedLIVE 2019 is what I will be taking home and with me into the preparation of future events.”
>> Read the full post on 3DMedNet
The current landscape of 3D printing in oncological surgical interventions
“The consensus in many medical fields is that the future of care lies in personalization. Therefore, 3D printing and associated technologies have immense opportunities for wide-spread adoption in research, clinical and surgical environments, particularly when considering complex tumor resection procedures.”
>> Read the full article in Future Oncology, via 3DMedNet