From: rsw@therandymon.com   
      
   On 2015-08-01, JAB  wrote:   
   > Surgeons practice on 3D-printed models for kids' operations   
   >   
   > Surgeons at Boston Children's Hospital started using 3D-printed copies   
   > of patients' affected body parts to prepare for procedures last year.   
   > Now, that move has helped save the lives of four children aged two   
   > months to 16 years old who suffered from life-threatening blood vessel   
   > malformation in their brains. Their condition gave ride to distinctive   
   > anatomies that one of the hospital's neurosurgeon, Edward Smith, said   
   > were really tricky to operate on. So, the doctors used a combination   
   > of 3D printing and synthetic resins to conjure up copies of the kids'   
   > deformed vessels, along with nearby normal counterparts and   
   > surrounding brain anatomy. That gave them the chance to practice   
   > extensively beforehand and reduce possible complications on the   
   > operating table.   
   >   
      
   "Vern, this operation looks pretty complicated.  I think we're going to   
   need TWO lawyers" ...   
      
   Interesting piece on the BBC last week about the shockingly high   
   percentage of cases where doctors operate on the wrong   
   hand/breast/leg/etc.  To hear these folks practice at all is vaguely   
   good news.   
      
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