The life-saving applications of 3D printing are, now, no longer surprising. In fact, 3D printing patient-specific models is now becoming regular practice for surgical preparation. Now, however, a team of Michigan doctors has used the technology to help diagnose a medical concern before the patient was even born.
Reported in Pediatrics, Michigan doctors took note of a large mass on the face of a fetus belonging to a 22-year-old woman in the 30th week of her pregnancy. With a traditional MRI scan, the team was unable to determine the exact nature of the mass.…
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