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concept of 3-D printing is still, to
many people, more likely to be imag-
ined in a science fiction film than in reality. But with
the rapid technological advances in the medical field,
it's ushering in a new frontier in medicine--and
with the expertise of surgical teams, including Gaurav
Gupta, MD, assistant professor of neurosurgery and
director, cerebrovascular and endovascular neuro-
surgery, this technology is changing patients' lives.
Robert Wood Johnson
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MEDICINE 17
G
aurav Gupta, MD (facing page,
left), performed emergency surgery on
Chris Cahill (facing page, right) to
relieve life-threatening brain swelling
caused by head trauma. When part
of Cahill's skull became unusable,
Dr. Gupta decided that 3-D printing
was the best solution to replace
the missing bone.
The
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Skull
Traumatic
Brain Injury
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