Three Italian Patients Receive 3D Printed Titanium Implants

This week Italy’s National Institute of Rome Tumori Regina Elena used 3D printed titanium implants for three patients: a young patient's buttock, a thirty-five-year-old woman's shoulder blade and a thirteen-year-old boy who needed the tarsus bone in his foot replaced. The patients were suffering from rare bone cancers that required part of their bone to be cut away and replaced with a prosthetic implant. The procedures were so successful that the hospital plans to expand the use of 3D printed prosthetics further, and they already have three new patients lined up. You can find out more over on 3DPrint.com: http://3dprint.com/126314/3d-print-bone-implants-italy/
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