Using 3D printed technique for the first time in the country in neurosurgery, the Sawai Man Singh hospital doctors scripted history. Making use of the new technique, the doctors created a model of neck and head junction (cranio-vertebral junction), which was a part of the body to be operated by the neurosurgeons.

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"It is a technique, which develops exactly the same model of neck and head junction of the patient. The use of this technique for neurosurgery happened for the first time in the country," Dr V D Sinha, head of neurosurgery department, SMS Hospital.

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The surgery was conducted on a 23-year-old patient, Pradhan Jangid. He belongs to Laxmangarh of Sikar district. He was suffering from craniovertebral junction (CVJ) anomaly ."It is because of the disease, the patient had a problem in turning his neck, weakness and insensitivity in the limbs. He was diagnosed with the CVJ anomaly disease in February. Operation is the only solution for the problem," Dr Rashim Kataria, assistant professor (neurosurgery) SMS Hospital, who conducted the operation.

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Normally , the neurosurgeons conduct operation straight away to correct the CVJ anomaly. But it has several risks involved. There is a slight risk of a patient becoming disabled.

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"We use the 3D techniques to ward off any such risk. We practise surgery on the model of CV junction, which is exactly the same CV junction of the patient. It allows us to know about the nerves and other anatomy of the head and neck junction. When we conducted the surgery, we already had in mind the exact location of nerves and CV junction, which was to be operated," Dr Kataria said.