ArticleJournal of thoracic disease2016
Tracheal suspension by using 3-dimensional printed personalized scaffold in a patient with tracheomalacia.
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- Tissue-engineered tracheal implants: Advancements, challenges, and clinical considerations.Bioengineering & translational medicine · 2024Review
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- Application of tissue engineering techniques in tracheal repair: a bibliometric study.Bioengineered · 2023Article
- Current Status and Future Outlook of Additive Manufacturing Technologies for the Reconstruction of the Trachea.Journal of functional biomaterials · 2023Review
- Bioengineering and Clinical Translation of Human Lung and its Components.Advanced biology · 2023Review
- Advantages of FDM and gamma irradiation to manufacture personalized medical devices for airway obstructions.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2023Article
- Development of tissue-engineered tracheal scaffold with refined mechanical properties and vascularisation for tracheal regeneration.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2023Article
- Personalized 3D-Printed Bioresorbable Airway External Splint for Tracheomalacia Combined With Congenital Heart Disease.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2022Article
- Development and clinical translation of tubular constructs for tracheal tissue engineering: a review.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2021Review
- Current Strategies for Tracheal Replacement: A Review.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Motility Improvement of Biomimetic Trachea Scaffold via Hybrid 3D-Bioprinting Technology.Polymers · 2021Article
- 3D Printed Biomimetic PCL Scaffold as Framework Interspersed With Collagen for Long Segment Tracheal Replacement.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2021Article
- Application of three-dimensional printing in interventional medicine.Journal of interventional medicine · 2020Article
- Polycaprolactone: How a Well-Known and Futuristic Polymer Has Become an Innovative Collagen-Stimulator in Esthetics.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology · 2020Review
- Tracheal suspension with autogenous rib cartilage in a patient with severe tracheomalacia.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2019Article
- 3D-bioprinted tracheal reconstruction: an overview.Bioelectronic medicine · 2019Review
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12 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
The major methods are used to fix or stabilize the central airways and major bronchi with either anterior suspension and/or posterior fixation for severe tracheomalacia (TM). Many support biomaterials, like mesh and sternal plate, can be used in the surgery. But there are no specialized biomaterials for TM which must be casually fabricated by the doctors in operation. Three dimensional printing (3DP) has currently untapped potential to provide custom, protean devices for challenging and life-threatening disease processes. After meticulous design, we created a polycaprolactone (PCL) scaffold for a female patient with TM, which would support for at least 24 months, to maintain the native lumen size of collapsed airways. Using 4-0 Polyglactin sutures, we grasped and suspended the malacic trachea into the scaffold. A remarkable improvement can be observed in the view of bronchoscope and chest CT after surgery. In the narrowest cavity of malacic trachea, the inner diameter increased from 0.3 to 1.0 cm, and the cross sectional area increased 4-5 times. The patient felt an obvious relief of dyspnea after surgery. In a word, the 3DP PCL scaffold can supply a personalized tool for suspending the malacic trachea in the future.
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