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Septoplasty is a widely used method in treating deviated septum. Although it is successfully implemented, there are problems with excessive bleeding, septal perforation, or infections. The use of anatomically shaped implants could help overcome these problems. This paper focuses on assessing the possibility of the usage of a nasal septum cartilage implant 3D printed from various market-available filaments. Five different types of laments were used, two of which claim to be suitable for medical use. A combination of modeling, mechanical (bending, compression), structural (FTIR), thermal (DSC, MFR), surface (contact angle), microscopic (optical), degradation (2 M HCl, 5 M NaOH, and 0.01 M PBS), printability, and cell viability (MTT) analyses allowed us to assess the suitability of materials for manufacturing implants. Bioflex had the most applicable properties among the tested materials, but despite the overall good performance, cell viability studies showed toxicity of the material in MTT test. The results of the study show that selected filaments were not suitable for nasal cartilage implants. The poor cell viability of Bioflex could be improved by surface modification. Further research on biocompatible elastic materials for 3D printing is needed either by the synthesis of new materials or by modifying existing ones.
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Andrzej Skorek dr hab. med.
- Katedra i Klinika Otolaryngologii, Wydział Lekarski, Gdański Uniwersytet Medyczny
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Materials
no. 15,
ISSN: 1996-1944 - Language:
- English
- Publication year:
- 2023
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- Gnatowski P., Gwizdała K., Kurdyn A., Skorek A., Augustin E., Kucińska-Lipka J.: Investigation on Filaments for 3D Printing of Nasal Septum Cartilage Implant// Materials -,iss. 9 (2023), s.3534-
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- Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.3390/ma16093534
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- Free publication
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- Gdańsk University of Technology
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