Otolaryngology (ENT)Head and Neck Surgery | 合法醫療器材資訊網

2021年5月21日—LearnabouttheexpertiseandservicesofferedatMayoClinicforthosewithcommonorrareear,nose,throat,andheadandneckproblems.

Jonathan M. Morris, M.D.:

Theres really no hospital system that has built as much infrastructure around 3D printing as Mayo has. Weve done a lot of studies in the field of head and neck cancer and 3D printing and how theyre complementary. Some of those complementary studies just show better understanding of the patients specific anatomy before entering the operating room. With patient-specific virtual surgical planning and cutting guides, you can save up to 2 hours in the operating room, which means less time for a patient under anesthesia. And we get a better outcome because of all the design ahead of time. Weve developed a specialty called point-of-care manufacturing.

All the manufacturing as the physicians inside the hospital, so theres no translation needed. We go from CT scan to three-dimensional model of complex cancer in every area of the body, but particularly in head and neck, quit...