In a medical first for Hong Kong, doctors at Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital have manufactured a replica of a talus – a small bone connecting the lower leg and foot – for a motorbike accident victim using 3D printing technology.
The anonymous 30-year-old patient sustained damage to his left ankle in the traffic incident on April 2015, resulting in the loss of his talus bone. Doctors said the part came loose in the injury, and could not be recovered at the scene.
The 3D...
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