Break A Bone on the Gold Coast and Doctors Could Use 3D Printing Technology
If you break your bone on the Gold Coast any time in the future, never fear — Gold Coast University Hospital’s orthopaedic surgeons might be able to print you a new one.
After trialling the use of a 3D printer to build models of patients’ bones in 2016, Gold Coast Health have become one of the first health services in the country to purchase a $2800 3D printer from Cultivate3D to use the new technology to better treat breaks and deformities.Dr Ezekiel Tan has starting using a 3D printer to create 3D bone structures before operating on patients at the Gold Coast University Hospital.
