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Guy's Hospital, London. Cancerous prostate gland and 3d print of actual gland. Surgeons have for the first time in the NHS used a 3D-printed copy of a patient's prostate to help them remove the cancerous gland. They held the replica prostate in their hands as they used a L2 million robot to cut it free, ensuring they excised the tumour but minimised the risk of causing impotence and incontinence. The procedure is the latest at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS trust using 3D printing. Professor Prokar Dasgupta, who performed the prostate operation at Guy's Hospital, said the technology could prove revolutionary. The hospital's da Vinci Xi robots perform about 300 such operations a year, but it means surgeons lose their sense of touch.The replica was made in a laboratory at St Thomas's Hospital from MRI scan measurements and took 12 hours to produce, at a cost of between L150 and L200. The model revealed the prostate was smooth on one side, allowing Professor Dasgupta to spare a nerve bundle. "These bundles are important to the patient," he said. "They go to the penis and help with the recovery of erections. Using this 3D model, we can plan surgery better, we can counsel the patient better and we hope to be able to remove the cancer successfully. If I didn't have this, there would be an element of guesswork." He said the replica was "very realistic" and "remarkably accurate". ? Mark Hakansson / Evening Standard / eyevine
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2016-05-23
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