Professor Shlomo CalderonSurgeon, specialist in maxillofacial and dental surgery
Until recently, treating metastases in the jaw area was a huge problem: surgical operations are rarely performed, last 6 hours, and are very complex, while chemotherapy and radiation therapy are not very effective in this case. And now Israeli doctors have found a solution!
Recently, in several major Israeli clinics, patients with jaw cancer or jaw injuries have been implanted with titanium prostheses of the jaw joint, created using 3D printing.
What are the advantages of the new method?
- The jaw joint replacement surgery lasts only 2 hours.
- The prosthesis fits the patient perfectly and does not change their appearance, unlike previous prostheses
- Already one day after the surgery, the patient can eat without discomfort – an unprecedented result under the circumstances
The titanium prosthesis is created using high-precision technologies and advanced computer modeling; it does not break or wear out, making it the ideal solution to the problem.
Several such operations have already been successfully performed in Israel.
In the near future, maxillofacial surgeons at Top Ihilov clinic will begin to widely apply this method.
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