Neurosurgeons Save a Woman’s Life with the World’s First 3D-Printed Skull

Last year we heard about a man that had 75 percent of his skull replaced with a 3D-printed replica. Now Wired UK reports a woman from the Netherlands has had the entire top section of her skull replaced with a transparent, plastic implant. Neurosurgeons from the University Medical Centre Utrecht performed the extreme procedure to save the woman from a rare chronic bone disorder, which increased the thickness of her cranium from 1....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/neurosurgeons-save-a-womans-life-with-the-worlds-first-3d-printed-skull/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

Last year we heard about a man that had 75 percent of his skull replaced with a 3D-printed replica. Now Wired UK reports a woman from the Netherlands has had the entire top section of her skull replaced with a transparent, plastic implant. Neurosurgeons from the University Medical Centre Utrecht performed the extreme procedure to save the woman from a rare chronic bone disorder, which increased the thickness of her cranium from 1....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/neurosurgeons-save-a-womans-life-with-the-worlds-first-3d-printed-skull/'>READ ARTICLE</a>