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Monday, September 14, 2015

Cancer patient implanted with an Australian manufactured 3D printed sternum and rib cage

Cancer patient implanted with an Australian manufactured 3D printed sternum and rib cage | Daily Mail Online: "A patient suffering from cancer has successfully been implanted with a titanium 3D-printed sternum and rib cage, designed by an Australian company.

An operation never completed before has seen the successful transplant of a 3D-printed sternum and rib cage

The operation which was the first of its kind in the world was conducted to help a Spanish patient, 54, who was suffering from chest wall sarcoma, a tumour which grows around the ribs."

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