The role of three-dimensional printing in coronavirus disease-19 medical management: A French nationwide survey

Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) has spread worldwide and poses various challenges to healthcare services. The limited supply of medical personal-protective equipment affected the ability many countries respond crisis. Three-dimensional printing (3DP) is well suited addressing these shortages. We assessed role 3DP during COVID-19 outbreak in hospitals France. Retrospective survey. included questioned all French level-1 -2 COVID-certified centers. One hundred thirty-eight centers were contacted across France: 38 (27.5 %) level 1 100 (72.5 2 analysis focused on 133 (96.37 %), among which 98 (73.68 used 3DP. primary endpoint was number pieces printed 3D. secondary endpoints mode, type, benefits total 3D nationwide 84,886: 76,000 individual protective (IPE) (89.53 6335 biomedical (7.47 2551 prototypes (3.01 %). In 91 cases (92.85 performed using external printers. 3D-printed by helped around 6109 patients protected 41,091 caregivers. produced more than 84,000 at centers, 6000 patients, 41,000 Therefore, played a major aid