3D printing saves woman declared inoperable by several hospitals

German surgeons are now incorporating 3D printing into surgical planning for life-saving vascular treatments. Surgeons from the University Hospital Mainz (Germany) have used Stratasys (MN, USA) PolyJet 3D printing to plan the surgery for a complex illness in a 53-year-old woman. The condition in question was an aortic malformation near to the heart which was causing a blood vessel to bulge in the patient's neck. Due to the risk-laden and difficult nature of the surgery required, she was refused treatment by several other hospitals. The woman was eventually received by the team, led by Bernhard Dorweiler, at University Hospital Mainz...