Medics print first 3D windpipe to help girl with serious lung condition
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Staff at Great Ormond Street Hospital, central London created an exact plastic replica of seven-year-old Katie Parke’s trachea
By practising on this replica they were able to improve the speed and safety of her surgery.
3D printing in action - Doctors print 3D trachea
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