With the opening of a 3D Printing Centre at SGH, the use of models and implants is gathering speed as surgical teams harness their potential for better patient care. Patient-specific 3D printed models help in pre-surgical planning and rehearsal of complex operations, and also in improving the fit of implants. Read the latest issue of Singapore Health (May-June 2023) to find out more about how 3D printing at the hospital helped medical teams transform patients’ lives – putting together a badly fractured face, raising a sunken chest, and straightening a spine which had become twisted and deformed. 

Learn also about how a new SGH service expedites response to potentially fatal lung blood clots; rheumatoid arthritis, a cripping autoimmune disorder that is often mistaken for osteoarthritis; a new drug-monitoring tool to tailor medications to patients with hard-to-treat infections; and which beverage might help prevent some skin cancers.