Spain conducted the first of its kind operation: a man, suffering from sarcoma of the chest, removed the sternum and some ribs, and instead implanted a custom implant made of titanium. It has provided the Australian medical company Anatomics, which managed to accurately replicate the individual structure of the thorax of the patient.

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Spain conducted the first of its kind operation: a man, suffering from sarcoma of the chest, removed the sternum and some ribs, and instead implanted a custom implant made of titanium. It has provided the Australian medical company Anatomics, which managed to accurately replicate the individual structure of the thorax of the patient.

To create the implant was used the results of computer tomography of the thorax of the patient in high resolution. The model was created of the chest wall and malignant tumors on it. The model helped the surgeon to plan the surgery, and lab Lab 22 — assemble the implant. To print it using a special 3D printer that can use metal as the material. The cost of the device exceeds 900 thousand dollars.

the Finished polished implant, was taken to the University hospital of Salamanca, where he underwent surgery. Her moment has passed two weeks, the patient was discharged. Doctors say that his recovery is going well.