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Use of custom prostheses in Italian vascular surgeries

Overview

Italian medical facilities have successfully utilized custom-made and 3D-printed prostheses to treat complex vascular conditions in elderly patients.

At Maggiore Hospital in Parma, surgeons performed a two-phase transplant using a bespoke 3D-printed prosthesis to replace a patient’s aorta. The device, designed via CT scan data and produced through international collaboration between London, Germany, and Australia, addressed ‘mega-aortic syndrome’.

Similarly, at Spaziani Hospital in Frosinone, a multidisciplinary team used a custom-made endovascular prosthesis to treat a severe thoracoabdominal aneurysm. This personalized device allowed surgeons to secure an artery at risk of rupture while maintaining blood flow to vital organs.

Entities

Spaziani Hospital · Laura Capoccia · Ospedale Maggiore di Parma · Andrea Wilder · La Sapienza University of Rome

Timeline

  1. [HEALTH] 3 sources
    Spaziani Hospital uses custom prosthesis for complex aneurysm surgery

    Surgeons at Frosinone's Spaziani Hospital used a custom-made prosthesis to successfully treat a high-risk thoracoabdominal aneurysm in a 79-year-old patient.

  2. [HEALTH] 2 sources
    Maggiore Hospital performs successful 3D-printed aorta transplant

    Surgeons at Parma's Maggiore Hospital successfully used a custom 3D-printed prosthesis to replace a patient's aorta following a complex two-phase surgery for mega-aortic syndrome.

Sources

imagazine.it · lacnews24.it · leggocassino.it · parmadaily.it · radiobrunotoscana.it