Sergey Ryabykh
Deputy Director for education and cooperation with the regions, Head of the Clinic for Spinal Pathology and Rare Diseases at the NIMRC for TO n.a. academician G.A. Ilizarov (National Ilizarov Medical Research Center for Traumatology & Orthopedics), Doctor of Medical Sciences
The main advantages of additive cages is the ability to manufacture and use them, taking into account the nature of the pathology, individual anatomy and parameters of the bone tissue of a particular patient. Extremely important production aspects should be a well-developed preoperative planning protocol and a short production cycle from a 3D digital model to a finished individual product. Moreover, among the medical advantages, the high quality of the product, safety, preliminary good biocompatibility should be noticed. In addition, the low cost of the product determines good marketing prospects for these implants and allows to hope for a wider application of technologies with proven efficiency in our country.