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CADSkills On What It Takes To Bring a 3D-Printed Implant Into the Hands and Jaws of Patients

Sabine Van Canegem
August 14, 2017
3D-Printed Titanium Jaw Implant

CADskills is a medical device startup based in Ghent, Belgium. Their expertise lies in patient-specific implants, with a focus on CMF and neurosurgery patients. What is putting them in Materialise's spotlight however, is their AMSJI: a revolutionary 3D-printed titanium jaw implant that will make life better for extreme maxillary atrophy sufferers. Now there's something to chew on. Or with.

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Baby Born with Brain outside His Skull Saved by Surgeons at Boston Children’s Hospital

Stephanie Benoit
July 20, 2017
Baby Born with Brain outside His Skull Saved by Surgeons at Boston Children’s Hospital

Thanks to Medical 3D Printing, surgeons at Boston Children’s Hospital in the United States have treated a young baby with an encephalocele: a rare disorder where part of the fetus’s brain starts growing outside its head in the womb.

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Phits Wearer Wins Legendary Lanzarote Iron Man Triathlon and Challenge Roth

Stephanie Benoit
July 19, 2017
Phits Wearer Wins Legendary Lanzarote Iron Man Triathlon and Challenge Roth

One of the most famous and grueling triathlons in the world, the Ironman in Lanzarote consists of a 3,86 km swim, a 180,25 km bicycle ride and a marathon (42,20 km). Another legendary triathlon is the Challenge Roth, which takes place in Germany every year. Belgian triathlete Bart Aernouts won both the Lanzarote Ironman and the Challenge Roth of 2017 – and he did it with his 3D-printed Phits insoles.

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Hospitals and 3D Labs: Why, How – and What Now?

Marta Sambaer
July 18, 2017
Key Factors for the Successful Deployment of an In-Hospital 3D Printing Lab

Dr. Philipp Brantner is a radiologist at the University Hospital of Basel, Switzerland. In April, he presented his case study, "Hospitals and 3D labs. Why, how and what now?" at the 2017 Materialise World Summit in Brussels. His inspiring talk centered on his experience in deploying and running an in-hospital 3D printing lab at the Basel University Hospital together with his team. He shared fresh and useful perspectives on implementing a new workflow, its successful outcome, and how to keep the lab sustainable.

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Innovative aMace Technology for Complex Pelvic Tumor Resection and Reconstruction

Anna Fischer
July 13, 2017
Innovative aMace Technology for Complex Pelvic Tumor Resection and Reconstruction

New, 3D-printed hip implants have made five bone cancer patients, two clinical teams and Materialise, very happy. Together with the orthopaedic departments of the University Children’s Hospital Basel (UKBB), Switzerland and the Righospitalet in Copenhagen, Denmark, Materialise participated in a study to reconstruct periacetabular defects caused by tumors. Dr. Krieg and his colleagues shared their findings in the medical magazine, Leading Opinions.

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From Motor Crash to Walking after an Acetabular Reconstruction with 3D-Printed Implant

Liesanne Janssens
July 11, 2017
Acetabular Reconstruction with 3D-Printed Implant

As guest speaker in our latest webinar series on hip and lower extremities applications, Dr. med. Simon Weidert discusses his experience with a patient-specific implant in acetabular defect reconstruction; his first with Materialise's aMace solution.

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A Study of Sizing Accuracy for Digitally Templating the Exeter Hip

Clare Satterly
July 03, 2017
A Study of Sizing Accuracy for Digitally Templating the Exeter Hip

The following is a retrospective study of 39 consecutive Primary Exeter total hip replacements (THR) carried out by Dr Grant Shaw, orthopaedic surgeon in Portsmouth, UK. The THR procedures were performed by Dr Shaw at Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth, between August 2016 and May 2017. Of the 39 procedures, 35 were elective hip arthroplasties and 4 were acute total hip replacements undertaken for neck of femur (NOF) fractures. All patients had standard AP Pelvis for Hip x-rays taken with a disc scaling marker placed in the hip plane.

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The Impact of 3D Planning on Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement Therapy

Sabine Van Canegem
June 27, 2017
The Impact of 3D Planning on Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement Therapy

The Center for Structural Heart Disease at the Henry Ford Hospital under the leadership of Dr. William O’Neill is one of the leading Structural Heart programs. Dr. Dee Dee Wang, Director of Structural Heart Imaging at the Henry Ford Hospital and Medical Director of 3D Printing at the Henry Ford Innovations Institute recently spoke at the Materialise World Summit that took place in Brussels earlier this year. During her talk, she shared why 3D technology plays a critical role in their work on Structural Heart procedures and mostly Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement (TMVR) therapy.

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Promising Patient-Specific Implant Replaces the Complex Glenoid

Joyce Van den Broeck
June 26, 2017
Promising Patient-Specific Implant

As part of an effort to spread the knowledge and experience of surgeons' use of Medical 3D Printing, and to illustrate how 3D planning can benefit your practice, we initiated an orthopedic webinar series. Today, Dr. Carl Ekholm shares his presentation: “Complex Glenoids in my Practice."

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Little Hearts of China Project: 3D-Printed Models Illuminating Complex Pediatric Cases

Marta Sambaer
June 22, 2017
Little Hearts of China Project: 3D-Printed Models Illuminating Complex Pediatric Cases

In April 2017, a young patient with serious cardiac deformity was the happy recipient of a successful heart surgery. His case was very complex and the surgery entailed high risks. What makes this surgery even more special however, is that it was one of the first to be performed under the patronage of Little Hearts of China. This charity project brings in selected young patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) from the western region of China and offers them advanced medical care that would otherwise not be available locally.

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