ArticleSurgery today2020
Simulation and navigation of living donor hepatectomy using a unique three-dimensional printed liver model with soft and transparent parenchyma.
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- Randomized comparison of AI enhanced 3D printing and traditional simulations in hepatobiliary surgery.NPJ digital medicine · 2025Article
- Training the Next Generation of Transplant Surgeons With a 3-Dimensional Trainer: A Pilot Study.Transplantation direct · 2024Article
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- Comparison of 3D printing model to 3D virtual reconstruction and 2D imaging for the clinical education of interns in hepatocellular carcinoma: a randomized controlled study.Journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2023Article
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- Essential updates 2020/2021: Current topics of simulation and navigation in hepatectomy.Annals of gastroenterological surgery · 2022Review
- Value of 3D printing technology combined with indocyanine green fluorescent navigation in complex laparoscopic hepatectomy.PloS one · 2022Article
- The Applications of 3D Imaging and Indocyanine Green Dye Fluorescence in Laparoscopic Liver Surgery.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
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- Current trends in three-dimensional visualization and real-time navigation as well as robot-assisted technologies in hepatobiliary surgery.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2021Review
- 3D Printing of Physical Organ Models: Recent Developments and Challenges.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2021Review
- The Use of a 3D Printing Model in Planning a Donor Hepatectomy for Living Donor Liver Transplantation: First in India.Journal of clinical and experimental hepatologyArticle
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Abstract
Three-dimensional printed liver models have been used for preoperative simulation. Unlike the standard three-dimensional system on a monitor, the three-dimensional printed model can be observed from any angle manually; therefore, surgeons can obtain a clear image directly from the model. We herein report the use of a unique three-dimensional liver model with a soft and transparent liver parenchyma. Through the parenchyma, the surgeons can observe the intrahepatic vessels and perform incisions in the model as a preoperative simulation. In this study, we applied this model to donor hepatectomy, which under most circumstances requires meticulous attention to detail. The actual processes and uses of a three-dimensional liver model in clinical surgery for liver transplantation are presented.
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