World's 1st 3D-printed vertebra goes to a 12-year-old boy | MassDevice.com On Call

Doctors at a Chinese University implant a 3D-printed vertebra for the 1st time in a 12-year-old patient with a malignant tumor on his spinal cord.

MASSDEVICE ON CALL — In a breakthrough surgery a team of physicians at Peking University implanted a 3D-printed vertebra for the 1st time in a 12-year-old boy with a malignant tumor on his spinal cord.

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