The UK's first use of 3D printing technology in NHS surgery in public health systems
Recently, a surgeon in London, England, completed a complicated prostate operation with the help of a 3D printed patient prostate tumor replica. It is particularly noteworthy that the operation was conducted at Guy's and St Thomas's NHS Trust in London, which is part of the National Health Service (NHS) system, which provides a full range of medical services to all British citizens. Free of charge. Simply put, it is similar to our public medical care system.
3D printing technology has been used to a considerable extent in the world as a surgical aid and has saved countless lives. This is a simple and effective method: medical personnel obtain scan data of the patient's anatomy, then convert those scans into a 3D printed digital model and print it out. The final 3D printed model will be delivered to the surgeon for careful study and preparation for surgery.
However, although the use of 3D printing in surgical planning is an exciting medical technique, it is not universally available. This is because medical 3D printing is still experimental and the cost of high-quality 3D printing equipment is still high, so 3D printers are more likely to appear in wealthy private clinics than in more civilian medical practice. Therefore, this news is very exciting when 3D printing was first used in the UK's NHS, a free national health care system that serves all residents.
Professor Prokar Dasgupta is a surgeon who has performed similar procedures in other clinics using 3D printed surgical models. This is his landmark surgery at Guy's and St Thomas's Hospital in London, where there is a 65 Aged patients need to be treated for prostate cancer. In this way, the surgeon can closely observe the 3D printed tumor replicas at close range before the surgery begins, thus eliminating the need for many of the previous surgical procedures. “With this 3D model, we can better plan the surgery and we can better advise patients. We hope to successfully remove the cancer,†said Professor Dasgupta. "But if I don't have this, then rely on guessing."
This 3D printed model was obtained by a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan at a hospital laboratory. The 3D printing process took a total of 12 hours and cost about £150-200 ($220-293). The price of the robot used by Professor Dasgupta to complete the surgery is £2 million. In addition, the 3D printed model gives the surgeon a general idea of ​​the shape and location of the tumor, and also shows that one side of the prostate gland is smooth, which allows Professor Dasgupta to avoid damage to the patient's nerve bundle. He said: "These nerve bundles are important to the patient and they help the functional recovery of the penis."
It is understood that Professor Dasgupta is the first NHS surgeon to use 3D printing for surgical planning. From this point of view, he may have created history. This may mark the beginning of a large-scale application of 3D printing technology in surgical operating rooms.
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