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The global medical tourism market accounted for $104.68 billion in 2019, and is projected to reach $273.72 billion by 2027, registering a CAGR of 12.8% from 2019 to 2027 in terms of value. In terms of volume, the global medical tourism market accounted for 23,042.90 thousand patients in 2019, and is projected to reach 70,358.61 thousand patients by 2027, registering a CAGR of 15.0% from 2019 to 2027.
Medical tourism can be defined as an organized travel across international borders to avail medical treatment of some form, which may or may not be available in the travelers home country. Medical tourists travel across international borders for the maintenance, enhancement, or restoration of their health through affordable healthcare facilities & treatments available in other countries, which are comparatively expensive in their own country. Medical tourists travel to receive medical treatments such as dental
3D printing used to recreate jaw of patient with a tumour
3D printing used to recreate jaw of patient with a tumour
ByVicky PathareVicky Pathare / Updated: Jan 2, 2021, 06:00 IST
surgeries and prolonged hospitalisation
Little did this 31-year-old resident of
Kolhapur imagine that her toothache could lead to her losing a part of her jaw. But when her pain did not subside despite a tooth extraction and instead overwhelmed her with an unhealing wound and foul smell, the doctors did an X-ray where the tooth had been extracted to find a huge tumour lodged in her jaw.
Biopsy results showed the patient had ameloblastoma a rare, benign tumour with a much more aggressive variant in her lower jaw to the left. She underwent a month of treatment locally, before she was referred to
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