Doctors at Regional Clinical Hospital No. 2 in Tyumen saved the man hit by the train and repaired his skull bones using 3D modeling and printing technologies. In this respect reports Press service of the regional Ministry of Health.
A 37-year-old man was seriously injured after being hit by a train in the summer of 2023. After long treatment, the Russian’s condition stabilized, he was discharged for outpatient treatment, and after three months the patient had to undergo complex treatment. Operation to repair the bones of the skull.
“Neurosurgeons performed plastic surgery. The peculiarity of this clinical case is the size of the defect, that is, half the circumference along the equator of the skull. OCD No. We were able to achieve a positive result thanks to the use of individual modeling using 3D printing technology,” said Aidar Khairullin, neurosurgeon of 2.
Doctors made implants according to individual parameters and managed to correct the defect in the skull bones.
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