3D printing the pterygopalatine fossa: a negative space model of a complex structure.
Purpose The pterygopalatine fossa is one of the most complex anatomical regions to understand. It is poorly visualized in cadaveric dissection and most textbooks rely on schematic depictions. We describe our approach to creating a low-cost, 3D model of the pterygopalatine fossa, including its associ...
| Publicado en: | Surgical & Radiologic Anatomy Vol. 40; no. 2; pp. 185 - 192 |
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| Formato: | Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
Feb2018
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