Implementation of digital design and solid free-form fabrication for customization of implants in trauma orthopaedics

Bone plates for the fixation of complex fractures in proximity to joints often have to be reshaped to follow the bone contour. Good adhesion of the screws in areas where the bone is osteoporotic is ...

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