Watch the First 3D-Printed Vertebrae Get Successfully Inserted

Updated 6.3.16, 11:14 AM EDT by June Javelosa

This is the first time in the world an operation like this was attempted, and it involves detaching the patient’s head from the neck, removing a cancer-riddled vertebrae, and reattaching it. Watch the video to see how an Australian neurosurgeon just managed to make a giant leap for medicine and 3D printing technology.

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