Case Study: King’s College Hospital achieves one-third shorter surgeries with Stratasys PolyJet 3D printing

King’s College Hospital Uses 3D Printing for Complex Cases

King’s College Hospital, a leading London teaching hospital and regional center for maxillofacial and craniofacial surgery, needed better pre‑operative planning and shorter operating times for complex facial, jaw and skull procedures—particularly trauma cases and cranioplasties. To address this, the hospital partnered with Stratasys and adopted its PolyJet 3D printing technology to produce accurate, patient‑specific anatomical models from CT scans.

Stratasys’ PolyJet solution provides high‑fidelity physical models that surgeons use to plan procedures and size implants, and King’s now produces 3D printed planning models for 100% of its maxillofacial and neurosurgery cases. The result: operating times have dropped by about one‑third (procedures that once took 10–12 hours now take roughly 6–7 hours), yielding potential cost savings, better implant fit and placement, improved aesthetic outcomes and enhanced patient care.

King’s College Hospital

Muhanad Hatamleh

Senior Clinical Maxillofacial Prosthetist