Getting started with 3D printing in orthopedic surgery

In this editorial, Thienthy Nguyen, Alan Dang and Alexis Dang discuss how orthopedic surgeries can benefit from utilizing 3D printing. Thienthy Nguyen1, Alan Dang MD2, Alexis Dang MD3 1University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA 2Assistant Professor, Spine, University of California San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA 3Assistant Professor in Residence, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco VA Health Care System, 4150 Clement St, San Francisco, CA 94121; [email protected]   3D printing technology has been around since the late eighties. With a focus in the industrial industry, machines would...