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J Hand Ther
January 2025
Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, Inselspital Bern, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Background: Non-invasiveness and comfort are crucial in the conservative management of distal radius and scaphoid fractures. While fiberglass casts are standard, three-dimensional (3D)-printed orthoses offer a promising alternative.
Purpose: To compare patient experiences, safety perceptions, and satisfaction between a 3D orthosis and fiberglass cast for distal radius or scaphoid fractures.
J Nanobiotechnology
January 2025
Department of Neurology, Affiliated Hospital of Jiujiang University, No. 57 East Xunyang Road, Jiujiang, Jiangxi, 332005, China.
The repair of nerve damage has long posed a challenge owing to limited self-repair capacity and the highly differentiated nature of nerves. While new therapeutic and pharmacologic interventions have emerged in neurology, their regenerative efficacy remains limited. Tissue engineering offers a promising avenue for overcoming the limitations of conventional treatments and increasing the outcomes of regenerative repair.
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January 2025
General Surgery, Cancer Center, Department of Hernia Surgery, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital (Affiliated People's Hospital), Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, 310014, China.
Three-dimensional (3D) printed surgical models provide an excellent surgical training option to closely mimic real operations to teach medical students who currently rely largely on visual learning aided with simple suturing pads. There is an unmet need to create simple to complex surgical training programs suitable for medical students. A prospective cohort study was conducted on a group of 16 6th year students.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Med Syst
January 2025
Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
This study aimed to develop and validate a cost-effective, customizable patient-specific phantom for simulating external ventricular drain placement, combining image segmentation, 3-D printing and molding techniques. Two variations of the phantom were created based on patient MRI data, integrating a realistic skin layer with anatomical landmarks, a 3-D printed skull, an agarose polysaccharide gel brain, and a ventricular cavity. To validate the phantom, 15 neurosurgeons, residents, and physician assistants performed 30 EVD placements.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAlzheimers Dement
December 2024
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Background: Our current understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying amyloidogenesis in Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is limited by the lack of comprehensive models closely resembling human pathology. Human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC) 3-dimensional (3D) models, such as brain organoids and neurospheres, are emerging as innovative approaches to model neurodegenerative diseases in vitro. However, they rely on hiPSC self-organization and are therefore characterized by low reproducibility and homogeneity.
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