Custom implants are a consideration when commercial implants are not available to manage complex orthopedic problems such as bone loss.Custom implants are often designed using computer aided design software and are fabricated using computer numeric control (CNC) machining or using 3-D printing. The realm of custom orthopedic implants in rapidly increasing thanks to advances in computerprocessing speeds, in CAD software, in CNC machining, and in metal 3-D printing.
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