Man, 83 percent of his skull dismembered, got his old look back thanks to implants prepared with 3D printers

The life of 45-year-old Ali Ciftci, who lives in Istanbul, with the thief Completely changed. During the struggle with the thief, Çiftçi fell from the window of his 3rd floor house, causing extensive damage to his body and especially to his skull. Skull 83 percent the unfortunate man who has suffered losses; He held on to life with months of intensive care and numerous surgeries he underwent over the course of two years.

After 2 years, Çiftçi’s badly damaged skull was largely destroyed. to recover was brought. Specially produced by the Medical Design and Production Center of the Health Sciences University (SBU) Gülhane Training and Research Hospital, on the head of Çiftçi. titanium skull particles transferred. After regaining his old appearance, Çiftçi told AA what had happened to him and the difficult process he went through after that.

Doctors call him ‘wonderman’

Realizing that a thief had entered the house while he was with his wife and two children on his birthday, Ali iftçi fell out of the window after struggling with the thief; The thief fell because the thief fell on him while the farmer was downstairs. without getting hit had survived. The thief, who then stepped on Çiftçi to climb the wall and escaped, has remained unsolved ever since.

After this, Çiftçi stayed in the intensive care unit for about 6 months and underwent many surgeries over 2 years and held on to life. Your only chance of survival is determined by doctors. 10 percent Ciftci, who stated that he was seen as… “When I went to the hospital, the doctors said to me, ‘The wonderman has come.’ They used to say. i’m not staying I thought.“sends.

Of course, Çiftçi’s troubles did not end with his only survival. In addition to his health problems, the farmer also suffered from a source crisis due to his largely deformed head shape. Çiftçi stated that he was very uncomfortable with his appearance at the time and said that he had experienced and people on the street He describes his attitude towards her in these words:

“I used to always wear a hat on my head to avoid getting a germ, and people who see me when I go out are constantly he used to smile, ‘Look at this.’ they would say. After the last surgery, where the skull fragments were transplanted, all this was left behind. I’m fine now, my head is back in shape. people before weird weird they looked, ‘How’s this man’s head?’ they were talking. Thank God I have regained my health.”

Fortunately, Farmer’s health is now as good as it was before the unfortunate accident happened. good in one case. Çiftçi said he can now work like he used to, saying: “Unfortunate event unheard of I’m like. I just have platinum in my body. My employers are happy with it, and so am I. I do my best, I work overtime on weekends. In other words, the person who was called dead is now at work.” passes the shape.

Complaints from farmers fell by 90 percent

SBU Gülhane Medical Faculty Brain and Nerve Surgery Clinic Lecturer Prof. Dr. Özkan Tehli also stated that Çiftçi’s experience was very different and that he had fractures and bleeding in his skull and brain before arriving at the hospital. serious registers that. Underlining the extent of damage to Çiftçi’s skull and the severity of the many surgeries he underwent, Tehli said that when he first arrived at the hospital, the surface of Çiftçi’s skull 64 percent’in terms of volume 83 percent’He says he has no reputation.

Telhi stated that before starting the surgeries, Çiftçi complained of balance problems, inability to walk, amnesia and problems seeing, writing and speaking due to the damage to his skull.“After surgery, the patient’s complaints refuse We saw it begin. At the point we have reached the complaints 90 percent We can clearly say that it has deteriorated around expressions used.

farming activities; in addition to the correction of the aesthetic appearance neurological Telhi pointed out that it is also important for solving the problems. “The surgery we performed is extremely effective in restoring brain blood circulation and brain fluid flow. After this improvement, we see an improvement in the patients’ deteriorating neurological condition.” saves as.

Farmer clings to life with implants made with 3D printers

METUM director Prof. Dr. Simel Ayyıldız, on the other hand, said the medical implants placed in Çiftçi’s skull, 3D printers It means it was designed and made using

According to Ayyıldız, the implants in question are specially designed for everyone and are used for large bone losses. “Medical implants can be used in a chest cavity or a loss in the skull. These come from every part of the body. losses cannot be recovered or in cases where the existing prostheses cannot be used. passes the shape.

Noting that before preparing the pieces to recover the serious loss in the skull, detailed information about Çiftçi was carefully researched, and Ayyıldız uses the following statements regarding this issue:

“After the patient’s information and tomographies reach our center, the areas where the patient’s losses are made are rendered in 3D using various special software. fashion model- will be removed. This allows the doctor to see the lost area as if it had been operated on. Medical implants that are later produced are designed by our engineers with special software. At the stage after the production of the models of the implants to be placed and the approval of the doctor titanium implants It is produced and surgically placed in the patient.”