The Use of 3D-Printed Custom-Made Implants as an Attractive Potential Alternative to the Treatment of Segmental Bone Loss in Foot and Ankle

Silvio Caravelli; Giuseppe Ambrosino; Alberto Grassi; Stefano Zaffagnini; Massimiliano Mosca

doi:10.3390/jcm11164738

The Use of 3D-Printed Custom-Made Implants as an Attractive Potential Alternative to the Treatment of Segmental Bone Loss in Foot and Ankle

J Clin Med. 2022 Aug 13;11(16):4738. doi: 10.3390/jcm11164738.

Authors

Silvio Caravelli¹, Giuseppe Ambrosino¹, Alberto Grassi¹, Stefano Zaffagnini¹, Massimiliano Mosca¹

Affiliation

¹ II Clinic of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, 40136 Bologna, Italy.

Abstract

The treatment of segmental tibial and ankle bone loss after radical surgery for chronic osteomyelitis is one of the most challenging problems encountered by orthopaedic surgeons [...].

Publication types

Editorial

Grants and funding

This research received no external funding.