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26 March 2014

Great scott! They performed the worlds first complete skull implant in our local university hospital in Utrecht. →[More:]Apparently the thickness of this womans skull kept increasing. And at 5 cm thick there was less and less space for her brain.
The artificial skull was made with a 3D printer.

post by: jouke at: 04:58 | 10 comments

That is *amazing*. How is that even possible?

posted by needlegrrl 26 March | 05:15

Exactly.
To be precise; they replaced the whole cranium.
They waited for 3 months to see how she'd recover. Apparently her brain functions have recovered, she's healthy and nobody can tell that her skull has been replaced....

posted by jouke 26 March | 05:22

I guess it *is* possible to be too hardheaded.

posted by JanetLand 26 March | 07:07

Wow. That's so cool.

posted by gaspode 26 March | 07:39

Ha JanetLand.

posted by jouke 26 March | 07:51

Is there NOTHING a 3-D printer can't do? Daaaaaaaaayum.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 26 March | 10:30

That is unbelievable.

posted by chewatadistance 26 March | 12:15

Whoaaaa...
And it looks transparent?
So if anyone opens her head up later, they can just see her brain in there?
crazy

posted by rmless2 26 March | 13:30

Holy shit. That is both awesome and creepy beyond belief.

posted by Senyar 26 March | 14:10

Video images of the operation.
Contains images of an open cranium.

posted by jouke 30 March | 00:45

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