Dr. Cognetti Comments on 3-D Printing in Reconstructive Jaw Surgery on KYW Newsradio
In a typical jaw replacement surgery, the patient's own leg bone is used to create the new jaw bone. However, surgeons in Europe have successfully replaced an 83-year-old woman's jaw using 3-D printing technology. Using a high-powered laser, the physicians printed a new titanium lower mandible for the patient.
Dr. David Cognetti, co-director of the Jefferson Center for Head and Neck Sugery, comments on this new technology in an interview with KYW Newsradio, "Hopefully, the future of medicine is that we’re able to bioengineer real bone from the patient somehow, then have the 3-D technology to help shape it or mold it to that specific patient."
Read the full "European Surgeons Use 3-D Printing to Reconstruct a Woman's Jaw" story.
Publication: KYW Newsradio
Published: 2/7/2012