Chinese woman receives 3D printed cervical vertebra

A Chinese surgeon has completed the world’s first cervical vertebra replacement operation with 3D-printed bones. The patient was diagnosed with chondrosarcoma. The tumor was located on her neck, encroaching on six of the seven bones of the cervical vertebra. Doctors at Shanghai Changzheng Hospital decided to remove all six bones and replace them with 3D printed bones.

 

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