Chinese Girl Receives Full Skull Reconstruction Via 3D Printing

ErnieKey writes: Doctors in China have just successfully performed a groundbreaking surgery on a 3-year-old little girl named Han Han. Han Han was suffering from congenital hydrocephalus which caused her head to grow to four times the normal size. If something wasn't done, she probably wouldn't have lived much longer. This is when surgeons at the Second People's Hospital of Hunan Province elected to remove a large portion of her skull and replace it with a 3d printed titanium mesh skull. The results were truly amazing, and Han Han is expected to make a full recovery.

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Peanuts

[tepples]

Han Han reached a point where she had a difficult time lifting her head which weighed more than half of her entire body weight

Which raises the question: How does Charlie Brown hold his head up?

Re:Thursday

[Irate Engineer]

The image shows the implant which appears to have gaps resembling skull sutures. It does look like this implant will permit growth of the cranium.

Re:Growth

[redwraith94]

Yeah, but she'll be able to head butt like never before.

MMA:
"Sorry ma'am, but you've got more than 5 grams of titanium in your skull; we can't allow you to fight."

You've seriously limited her future options for gainful employment, nice job, assholes!

Re:3D printing?

[mark-t]

Actually, you can 3d-print with titanium