By ED WIGHT and JOE DAVIES
- Baby from from Rzeszow in Poland had ‘innovative’ surgery to close gap in skull
- She was born with a fifth of her skull and her brain was exposed at the back
- Surgeons used 3D-printed models to visualize and prepare for urgent surgery
A baby girl born without part of her skull has had lifesaving ‘innovative’ surgery that involved 3D printing technology.
The youngster, from Rzeszow in Poland, has a congenital defect that meant around a fifth of her skull did not form properly at the back of her head.
The deformity was missed during pregnancy scans and only noticed by doctors when she was born in February.
