conjoined twins 连体婴
分类: 实用英语
Twelve-week-old conjoined twins from Jiangxi province were successfully separated at a Shanghai hospital on Tuesday with the assistance of 3-D printing technology.
来自江西省一对12周的连体婴9日在上海一家医院借助3D打印技术被成功分离。
这对连体女婴臀部软组织相连(were connected by soft tissue at the hips),共用一段肛管,上方有各自的消化道(had separate digestive systems)。9日,复旦大学附属儿科医院为连体姐妹实施分离手术(body separation)。
值得关注的是,手术前,医院将连体婴的CT、核磁共振(MRI)获得的数据送往一家3D打印公司,制作出相关模型,等比例地还原患儿连体情况(rebuild the anatomical structure of the conjoined body parts),使医生直观了解患儿解剖结构,有利于精准分离。