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“A team of doctors and scientists used a 3-D printed kidney to help save a patient’s organ during a complicated tumor-removal operation. The 3-D model proved vital for doctors at the Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City as it allowed them to carefully plan and practice the procedure, Science Daily reported. Patient Linda Green’s tumor was near an artery, veins and the ureter, meaning that doctors would have to take extra precautions during extraction. Dr. Jay Bishoff, director of Intermountain Medical Center Urological Institute and Dr. Talmadge Shill, a radiologist, used CT scans to produce a 3-D model of Green’s kidney.”
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