Evaluating the potential utility of three-dimensional printed models in preoperative planning and patient consent in gastrointestinal cancer surgery

DISCUSSION: Overall, patients and surgeons considered that three-dimensional printed models were effective and had potential utility in education and, to a lesser extent, preoperative planning. Patient decisional conflict and effectiveness scores were weighted towards certainty in decision making but had room for improvement, which three-dimensional models may help to facilitate.PMID:34464578 | DOI:10.1308/rcsann.2020.7102
Source: Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England - Category: Surgery Authors: Source Type: research