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3D Planning and Printing of Patient Specific Implants for Reconstruction of Bony Defects
Published on: August 4, 2020
Sarah Jane Day1, Shaun Patrick Riley1
1Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK.
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