First 3D rib implant for a Spanish cancer patient
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In a rare surgery and first of its kind in the world, a Spanish cancer patients has become the first receiver of a 3D printed titanium sternum and rib implant.
Suffering from a chest wall sarcoma (a type of tumour that grows in and around the rib cage), the 54-year-old man needed his sternum and a portion of his rib cage replaced. He is now reported to recover well after the unique surgery.
Melbourne-based medical device company Anatomics, who designed and manufactured the implant utilizing Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Lab 22 is a part of the rare health programme.
This part of the chest is notoriously tricky to recreate with prosthetics, due to the complex geometry and intricate structures involved, researchers said.
So the patient's surgical team from Salamanca University Hospital in Spain determined that a fully customisable 3D printed sternum and rib cage was the best option. "We thought, maybe we could create a new type of implant that we could fully customise to replicate the intricate structures of the sternum and ribs," said Dr Jose Aranda, who was a part of the surgical team. Adding, "We wanted to provide a safer option for our patient, and improve their recovery post-surgery."
Suffering from a chest wall sarcoma (a type of tumour that grows in and around the rib cage), the 54-year-old man needed his sternum and a portion of his rib cage replaced. He is now reported to recover well after the unique surgery.
Melbourne-based medical device company Anatomics, who designed and manufactured the implant utilizing Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Lab 22 is a part of the rare health programme.
This part of the chest is notoriously tricky to recreate with prosthetics, due to the complex geometry and intricate structures involved, researchers said.
So the patient's surgical team from Salamanca University Hospital in Spain determined that a fully customisable 3D printed sternum and rib cage was the best option. "We thought, maybe we could create a new type of implant that we could fully customise to replicate the intricate structures of the sternum and ribs," said Dr Jose Aranda, who was a part of the surgical team. Adding, "We wanted to provide a safer option for our patient, and improve their recovery post-surgery."
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