University of Nebraska

King Abdulaziz University

Mohammed Shaaban Abdelwahab

Numan Abdullah Salah

Adnan Memic

Tuerdimaimaiti Abudula

Ali Tamayol

Ammar Abdulghani Melaibari

Carina Russell

Azadeh Mostafavi

Tyrell Williams

Asija Memic

Mehdi Kazemzadeh Narbat

Ahmed Salem AlShahrie

A filament or printing material placed in a syringe for 3D printing comprising polymers, proteins, and/or functional particles and materials is provided. Methods of treating a bone defect in a subject in need thereof comprising using a handheld 3D printer to apply a filament or the printing material placed in a syringe to the bone defect of the subject are also provided. Methods of fixing or gluing natural or synthetic bone grafts using a handheld 3D printer to apply a filament or the printing material placed in a syringe over and around the defect or at the interface of a flap and the bone. Methods of printing a graft cage for retaining bone grafts and/or bone graft substitute in its desired location during healing for treatment of critical-sized segmental defects in long bones are provided.

3D printing of polymeric bioceramics for the treatment of bone defects

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Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Mohammed Shaaban Abdelwahab