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Seattle Children's Innovation Lab prints 3D models of children's trachea to use for surgery training.
Surgeons utilizing 3D printing technology to train and practice for certain complex surgeries are taking their talents and knowledge of the process, abroad.
3D printing is used to replicate pretty much anything nowadays, including models of human body parts.
At Seattle Children's Innovation Lab, one surgical team has been using 3D models of children's trachea as practice before the actual procedure.
The trachea is the windpipe that connects the voice box, to the lungs. And operating on this delicate part of the body can be tricky.
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