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2013-09-26, 06:20 PM #41Warchief
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2013-09-26, 06:25 PM #42The Insane
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What they have done is god damn genius. If you had to wait for 3d printing to print out fully vascularised tissue that guy would die noseless.
Originally Posted by Orcbert
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2013-09-26, 06:30 PM #43The Lightbringer
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Seems like there would be an unsightly flap of skin left over in that case. But hey, you're the doctor. Originally Posted by Cattaclysmic
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2013-09-26, 06:34 PM #44The Insane
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They will cut it to fit with the rest. And they can also just sow it together and leave it until its healed and then make it look good after. The man has had a nose on his forehead - i doubt a little skin flap is too much for him. Originally Posted by Payday
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2013-09-26, 07:10 PM #45Warchief
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The plan is to remove the old nose and rotate the new one. As you can tell it's at an angle from where his first nose is. It's pretty genius.
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2013-09-26, 07:16 PM #46The Insane
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waaaaay ahead of ya' Originally Posted by Zatheyll
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2013-09-26, 07:18 PM #47The Lightbringer
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Yeah, I understand all that, but where is the detriment in cutting the flap? Blood flow? Originally Posted by Cattaclysmic
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2013-09-26, 07:27 PM #48Warchief
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Ah, must have missed it. Saw all the responses wondering why it was there. Originally Posted by Cattaclysmic
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2013-09-26, 07:33 PM #49Herald of the Titans
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This technique is actually pretty old. Been used lots of times.
To the "rat with an ear on it's back" comment earlier, that was an artificially created biodegradable scaffold that was implanted in rats to test it's reactivity with living systems. They didn't actually grow an ear on the rat, it's more similar to those "horn" implants people sometimes get as body-modification only ear-shaped instead of horn-shaped."Stop being a giant trolling asshole." - Boubouille
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2013-09-26, 09:12 PM #50The Insane
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They probably made it on the forehead because
1 no hair
2 same skin tone so that it matches the rest of his face when it gets grafted into place.
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2013-09-26, 09:18 PM #51The Insane
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Also they dont have to cut if off. Originally Posted by Butler Log
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