3D printed replacement talus bone utilized for traffic accident patient

In a medical first, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital (Chai Wan, Hong Kong) doctors utilized 3D printing to produce a replacement talus. Doctors at the Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital (Chai Wan, Hong Kong) have used 3D printing to produce a talus – a small bone connecting the lower leg and foot – for a victim of a motorbike accident. The patient damaged his left ankle in April 2015 after his talus bone became loose in the injury and could not be recovered, resulting in the loss of his talus bone. The reproduction of the talus bone was a first...