Personalised 3D-printed model of a chest-wall chondrosarcoma to enhance patient understanding of complex cardiothoracic surgery

BMJ Case Rep. 2018 May 26:2018:bcr2018224464. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-224464.

Authors

Laurence Weinberg^{1

2}, Moon Hae Pyo³, Manfred Spanger⁴, Stephen Arthur Barnett⁵

Affiliations

¹ Austin Hospital, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia.
² Department of Surgery, Austin Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
³ Department of Anaesthesia, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia.
⁴ Box Hill Hospital, Box Hill, Victoria, Australia.
⁵ Cardiothoracic Surgery, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia.

No abstract available

Keywords: cardiothoracic surgery; surgical oncology.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Bone Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Bone Neoplasms / psychology
Bone Neoplasms / surgery
Chondrosarcoma / diagnostic imaging*
Chondrosarcoma / psychology
Chondrosarcoma / surgery
Humans
Male
Patient Education as Topic / methods*
Precision Medicine / methods*
Printing, Three-Dimensional*
Thoracic Wall / diagnostic imaging
Thoracic Wall / surgery