Conjoined twins in China separated using 3D technology

Five-month-old twins Yu Ce Yuan and Yu Ce Xiang were born conjoined with this graphic demonstrating their structure before surgeons operated at the Children's Hospital of Fudan University in Shanghai, China. © Barcroft Media

3D printing is now saving people’s lives; in a groundbreaking operation in China, surgeons have used this technology to separate a pair of five-month-old conjoined twins.

The twins were joined at the abdomen and shared a liver. So, surgeons at the Children’s Hospital in Shanghai used the cutting edge 3D modeling and printing technology to build models of the conjoined body parts.

And after a grueling 12-hour operation, the twins were successfully separated. They are now placed in intensive care where they are reunited with their anxious parents.

 


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