Doctors use 3D printing to visualise surgeries


  • TECH
  • Wednesday, 20 Nov 2013

Printing 3D models of body parts is helping doctors get a better grip on surgical procedures. 

THE video feed shows a brain surgery in progress. As an endoscope is inserted into the skull cavity and the onscreen image switches to the endoscope’s video feed, the fluid and tissue within becomes visible. As the surgeon cuts into the soft tissue, the view suddenly goes a cloudy red. 

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