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AH ANNUAL REPORT 2018

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ALDER HEY USES MRI/<br />

CT DATA TO CREATE 3D<br />

PRINTED MODELS OF<br />

PATIENTS ANATOMY OR<br />

DISEASE PROCESS<br />

The 3D printed models<br />

help in pre-operative<br />

planning by allowing the<br />

surgeon to not only see<br />

- but feel the anatomy<br />

that they are about to<br />

operate on.<br />

Some of the models created are<br />

so lifelike that mock operations<br />

can be performed to rehearse<br />

difficult procedures before the<br />

child is under anaesthetic. This<br />

has been used in an enormous<br />

variety of cases from planning<br />

the placement of heart valves to<br />

helping surgeons understand how<br />

to straighten deformed spines.<br />

The models can also be used as<br />

educational aids for trainees by<br />

providing physical representations<br />

of some of the very rare conditions<br />

that we see at Alder Hey.<br />

PICTURED:<br />

ORTHOPAEDIC<br />

CONSULTANT,<br />

JAY TRIVEDI

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