Due to a rare brain disease girl was strangled expanding skull. Doctors had to carry out a unique operation, completely replacing the plastic frame of the patient's skull printed on 3D-printer.
surgery on the skull
22-year-old resident of the Netherlands became the world's first patient, passing through the complete replacement of the skull.
The operation on the skull It lasted 22 hours, during which time surgeons replacing it with plastic housing, which was printed on 3D-printer. The implantation of the new skull performed neurosurgeons Dr. Bon Verwey and Dr. Marwick Muradin in the medical center at the University of Utrihta.
surgery on the skull
The patient, whose name is not called, suffered from a rare condition that causes thickening of the skull bones. As a result, over the years it has increased pressure on the brain, which gave rise to chronic headaches. Soon the girl complained of blurred vision, and she also lost the ability to control facial expressions. At the peak of the disease her skull was 1 - 1, 5 cm thicker than the norm, and without an urgent surgical intervention, she would just die.
surgery on the skull
During
surgery on the skull Neurosurgeons patient replaced the entire rear portion of the skull - from the hairline to the neck, and from one ear to the other. The bones were replaced with plastic implants, which are connected to the remaining bone. It is reported that the surgery went well, and after three months the patient completely got rid of all worry about her symptoms. Her vision was restored, and she went back to work.
According to doctors, in the future it will not need any additional treatment, although more recently the very possibility of such an operation seemed something fantastic. Doctors learned in recent years to replace only certain parts of the skull plastic fragments. (READ MORE)
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