Tan Seng Yam lived with pain in his jaw for seven years, due to an undiagnosed tumor. After a specialist finally recognized the cause of the pain, he was referred to Hospital Kuala Lumpur for surgery. The operation, which would involve removing the growth and replacing it with bone from the patient's leg, was a complicated one, but doctors were able to prepare ahead of time using Materialise's PROPLAN CMF pre-surgical planning software. Having precisely mapped out the procedure beforehand, Seng Yam's surgeons were able to perform the surgery much more quickly and accurately, resulting in a faster recovery time. Read more at 3DPrint.com: http://3dprint.com/115794/materialis...ical-software/