British doctors used the necessary implants and accessories that they printed in a three-dimensional printer to restore the face of a patient who had suffered serious injuries and distortion after an accident with his motorcycle. He is one of the first patients in the world to apply new revolutionary surgery using only printed parts.
The surgery, led by the maniac surgeon Adrian Sogar, according to the BBC, was made at Morriston Hospital in Swansea, Wales, at 29 Steven Power of Cardiff, who, despite having worn a helmet, suffered multiple injuries in the serious traffic that became 2012, his cheeks, his jaw, his nose and his skull.
The doctors had to break the bones of his face again before proceeding to the regeneration - printing of his new face. As Steven Power said, the "changed his life" surgery, as until then he had to wear a hat and glasses to hide his injuries.
The medical team used tomographies to design and then print a symmetric three-dimensional model of the patient's skull. He then also printed all the necessary accessories needed for bone attachment, as well as the necessary titanium implants.
Three-dimensional printing is constantly gaining ground in various fields, including medicine. As Adrian Sogar said, "thanks to printing, the results were incomparable with everything that had happened in the past. Printing allows us to be much more accurate and not to guess as we have before. "
The entire procedure, which lasted eight hours in the operating room, was a work of the Welsh Center of Applied Anaplastic Technologies in Surgery, resulting from the collaboration of the Morrison Surgery Unit at Morrison Hospital in Swansea and the Cardiff Metropolitan University. The next step is expected to be the wider use of new technology in the UK National Healthcare System, which will happen as the cost falls gradually.
News Room «Profit»With information from RES - AMP
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