Cancer patient receives world's first 3D printed rib cage in new surgical procedure

Two weeks ago, doctors implanted a 3D-printed titanium sternum and ribs into a patient in Spain. According to CNET and reports say he’s doing well.

The patient was suffering from a form of cancer that formed tumors in his chest cavity and to get rid of them, doctors at Salamanca University Hospital needed to cut out a section of his ribs, along with his breastplate.