New brain surgery innovation: Practice on a 3-D model

Adnan Siddiqui, vice chair of neurosurgery, was interviewed by CNBC about his success treating a brain aneurysm in a Western New York mother-of-three after using a 3-D printer to model the aneurysm. He said that about a year ago, the physicians and surgeons working at the Jacobs Institute thought about using the Stratasys printer, not just for general training, but for specific surgeries. "We said, 'Why can't we print out brain aneurysms on these models?' " Siddiqui said…."This is going to change the way we train physicians," Siddiqui said of 3-D replicas. "I think this is going to impact every aspect of medical care."

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