12-Year-Old Receives First 3D Printed Vertebra Implant. After a soccer injury revealed a malignant tumor on the spinal cord of a 12-year-old boy from China, he required extensive surgery at Peking University Third Hospital (PUTH). Doctors needed to remove second vertebra to prevent the cancer from spreading, and the bone required an implant afterward. The device used was created with a 3D printer, making the boy the first person ever to receive a vertebral implant crafted in this manner. Story: goo.gl/KcEk9h
Posted on: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 05:32:14 +0000
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