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International Journal of Bioprinting 3D-printing silicone patient-specific soft-tissue expander

Figure 9. The front, bottom, and right-sided views of the (a) comma- and (b) heart-shaped silicone expanders after 6 weeks of expansion.

Table 2. Expansion volume of the left and right patient-specific silicone expanders
Patient-specific silicone Sample Computer-aided design volume Actual experimental volume Volume error (%)
expanders (mm ) (mm )
3
3
1 3495 3848 110.1
2 3495 3357 96.1
Left 3 3495 3853 110.2
4 3495 3217 92.1
5 3495 3515 100.6
1 2581 2315 89.7
2 2581 2720 105.4
Right 3 2581 2682 103.9
4 2581 2668 103.4
5 2581 2403 93.1

Volume 10 Issue 4 (2024) 575 doi: 10.36922/ijb.2918