Virtual surgical planning and three-dimensional (D) printing are rapidly becoming essential for challenging and complex surgeries around the world. An Ibero-American survey reported a lack of awareness of technology benefits and scarce financial resources as the two main barriers to widespread adoption of 3-D technologies. The Pereira Rossell Hospital Center is a publicly funded maternal and pediatric academic clinical center in Uruguay, a low-resource Latin American country, that successfully created and has been running a 3-D unit for 4 years. The present work is a step-by-step review of the 3-D technology implementation process in a hospital with minimal financial investment. References to training, software, hardware, and the management of human resources are included. Difficulties throughout the process and future challenges are also discussed.

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在乌拉圭建立生物建模、虚拟规划和三维打印服务

虚拟手术规划和三维 (D) 打印正迅速成为世界各地具有挑战性和复杂手术的关键。一项伊比利亚美洲调查报告称，缺乏对技术优势的认识和缺乏财政资源是广泛采用 3D 技术的两个主要障碍。佩雷拉·罗塞尔医院中心是位于资源匮乏的拉丁美洲国家乌拉圭的一家公共资助的妇儿科学术临床中心，该中心成功创建并运营了 3D 科室 4 年。目前的工作是以最少的财务投资逐步审查医院的 3D 技术实施过程。包括对培训、软件、硬件和人力资源管理的参考。还讨论了整个过程中的困难和未来的挑战。

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