Conjoined twins connected at heart separated with help of 3D printed model

A 3D printed replica of a conjoined twin heart was used by surgeons at the University Florida Health Shands Children's Hospital (Gainesville, FL, USA) to prepare and plan for the successful separation surgery of conjoined twins. Physician Mark Bleiweis from University Florida Health Shands Children's Hospital (Gainesville FL, USA) and his team at have successfully separated conjoined twin girls who had their own complete set of organs but attachments at the liver, diaphragm, sternum and heart. They prepared for the surgery with the aid of a 3D printed model of the conjoined twin heart, believed to be the first of...