We’ve covered many stories in which 3D printing has aided in the planning of surgeries, with patient-specific, 3D printed models cutting surgery time drastically by providing doctors with a detailed visual representation of the areas in which they are about to operate. Today, however, we report on the first time that the practice has been implemented in the risky procedure of separating conjoined twins.
According to the University of Maryland, the survival rates of conjoined twins are often low, between 5 and 25%, and the surgery to separate them can yield difficult challenges, particularly in the case of those that share vital organs, with one twin surviving 75% of the time. …
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