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Facial surgery (手术) is a serious business, especially on children 1 are not yet fully grown but Melbourne researchers are developing a technique that could change the face of children’s surgery.
This new 2 (develop) will allow doctors to work out a child’s normal face shape at different ages to predict (预测) future growth.
Researchers at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) could soon replace the ruler currently 3 (use) to track changes in a child’s head and face with 3D images. By 4 (improve) the ability to predict normal growth and future changes in a child’s face, doctors will be able to 5 (well) complete their surgery than before.
MCRI’s Mr Harold Matthews said current 6 (method), including using patients’ photographs and X-rays were slow. Together 7 researchers in Belgium, Mr Matthews is pioneering a new tool that provides averages (平均值) for normal growth of the face throughout childhood.
The project intends 8 (take) some of the guesswork out of surgery. For example, in children with Pierre Robin Sequence, a serious condition which means they are born with an underdeveloped jaw(下颚), some doctors choose to fix it early while others wait to see if the child’s face will 9 (natural) correct itself as it grows. Without this new technology, 10 is difficult to know which method is better for each child.