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P R I N T E D M O DE L S O F
PAT I EN T S ANATO MY O R

D I S E A S E P RO CE S S

The 3D printed models
help in pre-operative
planning by allowing the
surgeon to not only see
- but feel the anatomy
that they are about to
operate on.

Some of the models created are helping surgeons understand how
so lifelike that mock operations to straighten deformed spines. PICTURED:
can be performed to rehearse The models can also be used as ORTHOPAEDIC
difficult procedures before the educational aids for trainees by CONSULTANT,
child is under anaesthetic. This providing physical representations JAY TRIVEDI
has been used in an enormous of some of the very rare conditions
variety of cases from planning that we see at Alder Hey.
the placement of heart valves to