Israeli surgeons perform first complete rib cage replacement with 3D-printed implant...

Israeli surgeons at Beilinson Hospital performed the first complete rib cage replacement using a 3D-printed implant on a woman in her 20s with an extremely rare cancer.

Doctors removed the sternum and portions of the attached ribs to excise the tumor and reconstructed the chest structure with a custom implant engineered to match the strength and flexibility of natural bone while protecting the heart and lungs.