Woman Receives the World's First 3D-Printed Skull • Hacker News Board

Re: Woman Receives the World's First 3D-Printed Skull

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Post by phyllostachys » Fri, Sep 19, 2014, 5:11 PM UTC

qnaal wrote: post #25

Dylan16807 wrote: post #13

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Not a skin transplant, just the skin. "It is almost impossible to see that she's ever had surgery"

so they've got it all stashed, and they just flop it back on???

My wife, a surgical technician, hasn't done surgeries like this before but has mentioned how for other procedures (on the face, perhaps) that they fold back the skin and then 'flop it back on'. It is crazy when she talks about stuff she's seen/helped do.

I like to picture surgery to be very similar to working on a car, except the pipes, wires, manifolds, etc are made of organic stuff.

Re: Woman Receives the World's First 3D-Printed Skull

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Post by azinman2 » Sat, Sep 20, 2014, 8:20 AM UTC

phyllostachys wrote: post #31

qnaal wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

so they've got it all stashed, and they just flop it back on???

My wife, a surgical technician, hasn't done surgeries like this before but has mentioned how for other procedures (on the face, perhaps) that they fold back the skin and then 'flop it back on'. It is crazy when she talks about stuff she's seen/helped do. I like to picture surgery to be very similar to working on a car, except the pipes, wires, manifolds, etc are made of organic stuff.

But in this case how would the skin get fresh blood?

Re: Woman Receives the World's First 3D-Printed Skull

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Post by Dylan16807 » Sat, Sep 20, 2014, 5:19 PM UTC

azinman2 wrote: post #32

phyllostachys wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My wife, a surgical technician, hasn't done surgeries like this before but has mentioned how for other procedures (on the face, perhaps) that they fold back the skin and then 'flop it back on'. It is crazy when she talks about stuff she's seen/helped do. I like to picture surgery to be very similar to working on a car, except the pipes, wires, manifolds, etc are made of organic stuff.

But in this case how would the skin get fresh blood?

The blood vessels all run within the scalp, which is part of what helps it be loose. Some run up the side and some come out next to the eyes, and nothing has to go through the top half of the skull.