Meyer doctors reconstruct 5-year-old's nose with 3D printing

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 4 - Doctors at Florence's Meyer hospital have constructed the nose of a five-year-old boy who was born without one, copying the nose of his twin brother with 3D printing.
    The boy was born premature at 28 weeks without a nasal pyramid due to perinatal complications.
    As a result, instead of a nose, he had two holes in his face which he breathed though.
    His parents turned to the hospital for help, fearing the lack of a nose cold cause him emotional and social suffering.
    The Aou Meyer Irccs team led by Dr. Flavio Facchini used modern scanning techniques to scan the twin's nose, print a copy with the cooperation of the T3Ddy (www.t3ddy.org) laboratory, and put it into position with two operations, the first of which latest seven hours.
    "Everything went very well," the boy's mother said.
    "This encounter with the Meyer hospital gave our child his self-confidence back and the hope of a normal life, like that of his twin.
    "Looking at himself, he says 'Now I'm really like my little brother and my classmates'". (ANSA).