Stereotactic surgery


	Stereotactic surgery

aguil000

5-17-2008 8:32 AM

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5-17-2008 10:39 AM

ericskiff

Interesting - we can position parts in 3D when building cars, etc, but I'd never thought about that same tech applied to removing things from the body.

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