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He’ll use special guide wires to measure your bone, then take out a section using a special surgical saw. Next, he’ll fill this new, open space. This can be done in a few different ways.

Abdullah Ghali is an orthopedic surgery resident in Houston ... Trying to explain to a little boy that you are using a saw to cut through his bone without being able to justify why you can ...

"To make plans for surgery, surgeons need to know the geometry of the bone," said Li, assistant professor of mechanical engineering in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science ...