3D-Printed Tracheal Splints Used in Groundbreaking Pediatric Surgery
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta has performed Georgia’s first-ever procedure to place 3D-printed tracheal splints in a pediatric patient.
A cross-functional team of Children’s surgeons used three custom-made splints, which biomedical engineers at Georgia Tech helped create using an innovative and experimental 3D-printing technology, to assist the breathing of a 7-month-old patient battling life-threatening airway obstruction.
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