A three-dimensional printed model in preoperative consent for ventricular septal defect repair

Abstract Background The 3D printing technology in congenital cardiac surgery has been widely utilized to improve patients’ understanding of their disease. However, there has been no randomized controlled study on its usefulness in surgical consent for congenital heart disease repair. Methods A rando...

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Main Authors: Xicheng Deng, Siping He, Peng Huang, Jinwen Luo, Guangxian Yang, Bing Zhou, Yunbin Xiao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-08-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-021-01604-w