Drage Josevski had a rare cancer in his skull and spine. Doctors were recently able to remove the cancerous bones and replace them with 3D printed vertebrae. Produced by Matthew Stuart.
"This is the first use of a 3D printed vertebra as an implant for orthopedic spine surgery in the world," said the surgeon behind the project, Dr. Liu Zhongjun, director of the orthopedics ...
In Beijing, doctors have performed the world's first surgery using a 3D printed vertebra. The procedure was done in the neck of a 12-year-old boy who had developed cancer. In New York, similar ...
Cutting-edge technology in a lab at Florida Atlantic University was used to digitize the skeleton of the rarest marine mammal in the world, a porpoise called the vaquita, ensuring that the animal ...
The HSS study included 212 adult spine surgery patients who had a total of 1,211 pedicle screws placed using either robotics (108 individuals received 827 screws) or augmented reality (104 ...
A paralysed dog has been given "a second chance" after a leading team of Chester vets got him walking again thanks to a pioneering new 3D-printed spine. Six-month-old Arthur was unable to walk ...