Use of 3d printed model helps Indian doctors save a cancer patients future. A case st

Cancer is a deadly disease which if not controlled at the right time can take a human life, according to a study conducted in 2012 an approximate of 7 lakh patients died of this disease in India alone. Out of the various kind of cancers known to mankind, Oral cancer is probably the most common after breast cancer. While Oral cancer is visually identifiable hence it can be cured before the cancer tumor spreads across the patients body. Unfortunately the only cure for such growing cancer cells are to surgically remove the affected region with a safe margin such that the disease does not spread further. Post operation the patients facial structure can be deformed which does affect your self esteem of a human being and that person can go in severe depression. In order to save a man from such post operation trauma a Reconstructive surgery is conducted on the part from where the Cancer tumors have been removed.
To replace the lost jaw bone of the face a bone from some other part of the body is used. Fibula supporting bone from the lower limb along with its blood vessels to keep it alive is quite regularly used to conduct a Reconstructive surgery. “Contouring of the straight bone from the leg to the curved jaw bone to fit the the deformity is an enormous challenge that the surgeon comes across. This is extremely important to bring back the facial contour back to simulate the original jaw bones.”

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Untill now we were just trying to explain the complexity of the situation, now lets see how a team of Doctors from Bangalore used 3d printing to overcome the challenges are help save a mans future.

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