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A New Dimension in Surgery
BY PHOEBE HALL
PHOTOGRAPH : ALEX GAGNE
Craniofacial surgeons like Albert Woo , MD , indulge their inner artists as they sculpt new noses , jaw bones , and eyebrow ridges for victims of gunshots and car crashes and cancer . But they don ’ t want to get too creative ; they want a prosthetic nose , say , to fit their patient ’ s face .
In the old days , Woo would have referenced CT scans and X-rays and then drawn on his two decades of experience to “ figure it out in the operating room .” No more . As director of the Lifespan 3D Printing Lab , he can eliminate the questions by creating a life-size model of the nose in a
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