Application Progress of 3D Printing Technology in Aortic Dissection
Aortic dissection(AD)is a common acute aortic syndrome.Clinically,CT angiography(CTA)is usually used to evaluate AD.Whether it is open thoracic surgery or endovascular repair interventional surgery,surgeons need to fully grasp the anatomical information of the aorta and branch vessels of AD patients.However,CTA images can only be displayed on a computer screen in two dimensions,which requires doctors to construct three-dimensional structures in the brain;secondly,there are also obvious individual differences in the branches of the aortic arch in AD patients.The above two points are great challenges for doctors with rich clinical experience.With the development of medicine and technology,3D printing technology has been widely used in clinical medicine,and has been gradually applied to the disease of aortic dissection in recent years.This review mainly describes the application progress of 3D printing technology in the diagnosis and treatment of different types of aortic dissection in recent years,and discusses the value of 3D printing technology in aortic dissection,so as to provide reference for the realization of accurate and individualized disease treatment.
3D printing technologyAorticdissectionCT angiographyEndovascular repair