Zabala-Travers S, García-Bayce A. Setting up a biomodeling, virtual planning, and three-dimensional printing service in Uruguay.
Pediatr Radiol 2024;
54:438-449. [PMID:
38324089 DOI:
10.1007/s00247-024-05864-1]
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Abstract
Virtual surgical planning and three-dimensional (D) printing are rapidly becoming essential for challenging and complex surgeries around the world. An Ibero-American survey reported a lack of awareness of technology benefits and scarce financial resources as the two main barriers to widespread adoption of 3-D technologies. The Pereira Rossell Hospital Center is a publicly funded maternal and pediatric academic clinical center in Uruguay, a low-resource Latin American country, that successfully created and has been running a 3-D unit for 4 years. The present work is a step-by-step review of the 3-D technology implementation process in a hospital with minimal financial investment. References to training, software, hardware, and the management of human resources are included. Difficulties throughout the process and future challenges are also discussed.
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