Doctors use see-through plastic ‘window’ to monitor injured patient’s brain
The implant allows testing of new imaging techniques: authors.
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Doctors have for the first time inserted a transparent skull replacement into a patient, to enable them to better view the function of his brain.
The transparent skull replacement offers doctors a window to both monitor his progress and test new and better scanning methods for assessing brain health.