3D printed drug delivery and testing systems—a passing fad or the future?

SH Lim, H Kathuria, JJY Tan, L Kang - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The US Food and Drug Administration approval of the first 3D printed tablet in 2015
has ignited growing interest in 3D printing, or additive manufacturing (AM), for drug delivery …

[HTML][HTML] Abdominal wall hernia repair: From prosthetic meshes to smart materials

Q Saiding, Y Chen, J Wang, CL Pereira, B Sarmento… - Materials Today Bio, 2023 - Elsevier
Hernia reconstruction is one of the most frequently practiced surgical procedures worldwide.
Plastic surgery plays a pivotal role in reestablishing desired abdominal wall structure and …

Additive manufacturing in drug delivery applications: A review

RDP Reddy, V Sharma - International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 2020 - Elsevier
The traditional healthcare method follows 'one-size-fits-all'criteria, which shows some
limitations in rendering proper results due to varied pharmacokinetic traits of different …

Clinical applications of 3D printing: primer for radiologists

DH Ballard, AP Trace, S Ali, T Hodgdon, ME Zygmont… - Academic radiology, 2018 - Elsevier
Three-dimensional (3D) printing refers to a number of manufacturing technologies that
create physical models from digital information. Radiology is poised to advance the …

Additive manufacturing technologies for drug delivery applications

A Mohammed, A Elshaer, P Sareh, M Elsayed… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Patient to patient variability is one of the issues when administering medications to
individuals with different health conditions, pharmacokinetic, age, fitness, gender, and race …

3D printing of drug-loaded thermoplastic polyurethane meshes: A potential material for soft tissue reinforcement in vaginal surgery

J Domínguez-Robles, C Mancinelli, E Mancuso… - Pharmaceutics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Current strategies to treat pelvic organ prolapse (POP) or stress urinary incontinence (SUI),
include the surgical implantation of vaginal meshes. Recently, there have been multiple …

3D-printing of drug-eluting implants: an overview of the current developments described in the literature

V Domsta, A Seidlitz - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
The usage of 3D-printing for drug-eluting implants combines the advantages of a targeted
local drug therapy over longer periods of time at the precise location of the disease with a …

3D printed estradiol-eluting urogynecological mesh implants: Influence of material and mesh geometry on their mechanical properties

ZL Farmer, E Utomo, J Domínguez-Robles… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Current treatment for pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and stress urinary incontinence (SUI)
involves transvaginal implantation of surgical mesh, conventionally made of polypropylene …

3D printing custom bioactive and absorbable surgical screws, pins, and bone plates for localized drug delivery

K Tappa, U Jammalamadaka, JA Weisman… - Journal of functional …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Additive manufacturing has great potential for personalized medicine in osseous fixation
surgery, including maxillofacial and orthopedic applications. The purpose of this study was …

[HTML][HTML] A review of recent developments of polypropylene surgical mesh for hernia repair

T Saha, X Wang, R Padhye, S Houshyar - OpenNano, 2022 - Elsevier
Mesh has been used as a superior option to suture for reinforcing the weak abdominal wall
during hernia surgery. As a result, there have been many attempts to make this fibre-based …