Doctors use 3D printing for complex skull surgery


CHANGSHA: Doctors in central China’s Hunan province have used 3D printing technology to greatly reduce risks related to a complex skull reconstruction surgery for a 19-month-old child.

The patient nicknamed Doudou suffered from narrow cranial disease known as craniosynostosis, a birth defect where the bones in a baby’s skull join together too early.

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