Toddler Receives 3-D Printed Implant After Head Swells to Three Times Normal Size

A Chinese toddler was reportedly helped when doctors used a 3-D printed titanium implant to reshape her skull after a rare birth defect left her head triple its normal size.

Named Hanhan, according to Reuters and Getty Images, the girl underwent surgery to treat congenital hydrocephalus, a condition where fluid builds up around the brain. Doctors worked on Hanhan at the People’s Hospital of Hunan Province, according to Getty.

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