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. 2020 Mar 31;7(2):32. doi: 10.3390/bioengineering7020032

Table 1.

Advantages and disadvantages of the extrusion-based 3D bioprinting.

Extrusion-Based 3D Bioprinting Advantages Disadvantages Reference
Co-axial bioprinting
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    The building of a hollow construct with functional biological components

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    Fabricating permeable vascular-embedded 3D constructs

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    Manufacturing small-diameter vascular structures with endothelial and smooth muscle layers

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    Printing long-length warping vascular structures in a short amount of time

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    Difficulty in making anatomical bifurcate structures

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    Difficulty in stacking hierarchical constructs

[59,88,114]
Kenzan method bioprinting
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    High cell density

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    Reduced printing time on spheroid bioprinting

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    The requirement of the additional cell spheroid fabrication process

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    Fixed interneedle distance

[115,116,117,118]
Rod supporting bioprinting
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    Manufacturing ability of the self-supporting multi-layer hollow structure with target-specific cell components

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    Sequential printing using two or more printable biomaterials

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    Dependence on rotating rod shape

[31,119]
Support bath-based bioprinting
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    Enabling 3D bioprinting of the hydrate biomaterials

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    Creating a complex 3D anatomical architecture

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    Limitation of available biomaterials

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    High cost

[120,121]
Direct bioprinting
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    High freedom of shape

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    Long production time

[122,123]