3D Printed Acrylic Vertebra Implanted into Patient

A 77-year-old cancer patient in in Croatia has a new lease on life after a successful surgery which involved the insertion of the first all acrylic, 3D printed vertebra. After discovering metastatic cancer, doctors gave Josip Lopac a terminal diagnosis. With the idea of replacing the cancer in his seventh vertebra with the acrylic 3D printed piece, they used a precise scan and then made a complete replica of his bone. After the success of the first surgery, there will be more--with the fifth vertebra next for replacement using the same procedure. Read more here: http://3dprint.com/96474/acrylic-3d-printed-vertebra/
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