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3D printing employed for first time in sacrum tumor surgery

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2015-07-10 14:26Ecns.cn Editor: Mo Hong'e

北大人民医院完成世界首例3D打印全骶骨假体治疗骶骨恶性肿瘤

7月8日在北京大学人民医院,通过3D打印技术高级订制版的人工全骶骨假体,在骶骨恶性肿瘤术后的骨缺损重建中,精准完美的演绎了世界首秀。这是3D打印技术在世界骶骨肿瘤治疗领域中的首次应用。

A 3D-printed sacrum is used to help treat sacrum cancer at Peking University People’s Hospital. (Photo/Chinanews.com)

A 3D-printed sacrum is used to help treat sacrum cancer at Peking University People's Hospital. (Photo/Chinanews.com)

(ECNS) -- A Beijing hospital has performed a world-first, using 3D printing technology to help treat sacrum cancer.

Peking University People's Hospital (PUPH) produced a new sacrum using 3D printing to replace one diagnosed with cancer and surgically removed.

"The sacrum is a critical bone structure that connects the torso with limbs," said Guo Wei, a doctor from the bone tumor department at PUPH. "Once completely removed, there is no longer a connection between the torso and pelvis. After the surgery, the patient may not be able to walk right away or manage other aspects of their life."

Rebuilding the sacrum after surgery is a major obstacle bone tumor professionals globally would like to tackle.

With the help of 3D printing technology, PUPH produced a sacrum, which was inserted in the patient's body after his original sacrum was removed in a four hour operation on Wednesday. It was the first time 3D printing had helped in sacrum tumor surgery.

3D printed replacement parts will continue to improve, said Guo. Medical professionals will correspondingly become more capable at rebuilding a sacrum after surgery.

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