How are 3D printed models of the kidney being used for partial nephrectomy? Our studies show that patient-specific models benefit patients, students, trainees, and surgeons.

A Garland man learned he needed surgery while preparing to donate a kidney—and advanced robotic technology made a life-changing difference.

A student has used 3D printing technology to create a model of a kidney that could be used to help train cancer surgeons.

Doctors used a 3D-printed model to help transplant a father’s kidney into his 3-year-old son.Physicians took three-dimensional scans of Dexter Clark's abdomen to make the transplant from his ...

With the 3D-model of the organ, they were better able to maneuver around those areas, remove the tumor and save the patient’s kidney. The patient's case was particularly precarious because her tumor ...

3D printed model of her father’s kidney saved a young mother's live in Belfast City Hospital innovative surgery.

Without the benefit of his own kidney stones, he did the next best thing: 3D printed a model kidney, collected some urine, and tossed a few stones that he’d collected from patients into the trap.

This is the first instance where 3D printing was used to support a kidney transplant from an adult donor to a child recipient. The success of this extra step may encourage doctors to utilize more 3D ...

With the help of a 3D printed model kidney and a backpack, new research published today backs up the notion of what could be called the "Big Thunder Mountain Railroad" home remedy for kidney stones.

Corning Life Sciences describes how its Matrigel matrix 3D plates can be used to model kidney structures and screen molecular inhibitors of forskolin-induced cyst swelling.