3D Program
In brief
The use of 3D technology makes it possible for the best experts to remotely design upper limb prostheses and compression orthoses using digital impressions of face and neck burns of patients treated by MSF in Jordan, Haiti, and Gaza. The 3D program provides access to this quality care and to allows for prolonged monitoring to ensure that it is well adapted and well accepted.
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In detail
Since 2016, The MSF Foundation has used 3D technology on MSF sites to try, first of all, to overcome the problem of access to prostheses in our fields of intervention. This is a major issue for amputees to regain their physical integrity and autonomy.
The Amman project team in Jordan has proven since June 2017 that 3D printing of prostheses is a tool that can be deployed in the field. It is accessible and adaptable to the individual needs of patients and inexpensive compared to the conventional manufacturing method. Building on this success, the project then extended to the design of compressive face masks for severe burn victims, in Amman since 2018 but also in Haiti in 2019 and in 2020 in Gaza. Facial burns can lead, months after the accident, to very serious sequelae if they are not treated with compression masks and extensive monitoring of the patient. Here again, 3D technology, the scanner in particular, allows us to overcome the main barrier to access: a lack of rehabilitation professionals qualified for the masks’ complex realization.
This method allows us early and more comfortable care than the conventional method. Taking digital impressions allows for precise and remote modeling on computer thanks to telemedicine. The MSF Foundation has also been called upon as part of this program by the MSF Emergency Unit to support the care of burn patients during conflicts (Armenia in 2021), natural disasters (Haiti in 2021), and accidental explosions (Haiti in 2021).
How does it work?
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What were the main stages of the program?
Armenia : taking care of burn victims
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