Abstract
New simulated surgery has begun, owing to the progress and distribution of multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT), magnetic resonance imaging, and the three-dimensional (3D) printer. Reports of this method were applied to orthopedic, kidney, brain, liver, and facial deformity surgeries, but reports involving the chest are rare. Recently, we made original size lung and mediastinum models for clinical and educational purposes with a 3D printer using chest MDCT data. These models were constructed using real data of patients, and they are useful in understanding the 3D anatomy and structures for surgery.
