Guiding Human Face Transplants With 3-D Printing Used by Researchers

Computed tomography (CT) and 3-D printing technology are being used by researchers to recreate life-size models of patients' heads to assist in face transplantation surgery, says a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). Physicians at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston performed the country's first full-face transplantation in 2011 and have subsequently completed four additional face transplants. The ...

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