There is no doubt that the three-dimensional printers
will create, in the future, a new industrial revolution in several areas. In
the medical field, for example, according to the Dutch news agency ANP on March
25, 2014 that a team of surgeons planted a skull printed with this technology
for a patient at the age of 22 years.
The operation, which was conducted three months ago, and lasted 23 hours, was important and vital for the patient, where the original skull became thicker resulting in a lot of pressure on the brain, only then the team of doctors from the University of Utrecht Dutch decided to replace most parts of the skull with another plastic produced by a 3D printer, which was produced by an Australian company specialized in the domain.
Neurosurgeon Ben Verweij, who led the operation, says" in the transplant we normally use parts of hand-made resin, which is often not perfect," He adds, "The use of three-dimensional printing has enabled us to produce the required standards skull accurately, this is not useful only aesthetically, but it enabled the restoration of the patient's brain functions more quickly than the traditional method,"
We have already carried out the transplantation of facial parts made by three-dimensional printer, but the process of transplanting a skull of this size is the first in the world according to Gizmodo website.
The operation, which was conducted three months ago, and lasted 23 hours, was important and vital for the patient, where the original skull became thicker resulting in a lot of pressure on the brain, only then the team of doctors from the University of Utrecht Dutch decided to replace most parts of the skull with another plastic produced by a 3D printer, which was produced by an Australian company specialized in the domain.
Neurosurgeon Ben Verweij, who led the operation, says" in the transplant we normally use parts of hand-made resin, which is often not perfect," He adds, "The use of three-dimensional printing has enabled us to produce the required standards skull accurately, this is not useful only aesthetically, but it enabled the restoration of the patient's brain functions more quickly than the traditional method,"
We have already carried out the transplantation of facial parts made by three-dimensional printer, but the process of transplanting a skull of this size is the first in the world according to Gizmodo website.
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