3D printed skull transplanted to patient

We live in a pretty amazing time in history and the future that’s ahead of all mankind is so fascinating it’s something worth living. Things that are under research in medicine is pretty awesome. From stem cells, to finding cure of aids, stopping aging, 3d printing and suspended animation are few of them.

Today I read this pretty awesome news about medicine where surgeons have successfully 3d printed a skull and transplanted it to a patient. Basically the patient was having a rare disorder that increased the thickness of the skull causing headache and difficulty in vision.

So the doctors managed to 3d print a skull out of plastic and remove the real skull and implant the 3d printed skull, in an operation that took nearly 23 hours.

They’ve used MRI and CT to map the skull of the patient and according to the measurements they’ve been able to 3d print the organ.

It’s one of the benefits from 3d printing has given to medicine, where you can print whatever you want to help patients in need.

This is not the first time that 3d printing has been used in medicine, last year there was one occasion where doctors 3d printed a trachea to act as a framework to a newborn baby with a weak trachea that was collapsing due to a congenital deformity.

When I explain these things to my friends they look more flabbergasted and unbelieveable, because most think these things are impossible and according to some the current treatments are advance enough.

But this news goes to show us that the medicine that we’ll be dealing in few years time will be so advanced and at the same time so awesome and we should be prepared and keep updating our knowledge on these recent developments when we go to work in medical profession.

Personally for me I can’t wait to see 3d printing and stem cell developed organs as a means of everyday general practice. I think until we find a way to cure death, or if we’ll never find a cure for death, then 3d printing and stem cell developed organs are the best ways to prong our lifespan as much as possible.