After a successful surgery on April 19, ending nearly 10 years of having to “carry” a giant hernia in the sacral region, Ly Thi Lua’s (Ha Giang) health is now stable and is expected to be discharged from the hospital on April 29.​

Lúa had a tumor the size of an egg at birth, located near her coccyx (tailbone). Over the years, the tumor continued to grow, and Lúa could not walk normally. A surgery was performed by medical teams from the National Children’s Hospital and Việt Đức Hospital to remove the herniated tissue and reconstructed the missing bone structure.​

A medical team at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital managed to replace the leg bone of an 18-year-old patient using 3D printing technology to form bone with a mixture of biodegradable synthetic materials.​

Hoang Dung is the girl whom neighbours call “monster face”. She was born with a rare craniofacial deformity. A combination of resorbable mesh and titanium plates are shaped to cover the front of the skull – to allow the brain to grow and protect it. ​

A 20-year-old man became the first in Singapore to receive a 3Dprinted implant at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH) to correct his sunken chest. The man had breathing difficulties as the sunken chest was putting pressure on his heart and lungs.​

Innovative surgical techniques were successfully applied, leaving a 54-year-old patient feeling the whole experience was worth it. The procedure involved a 3D-printed prosthesis made to measure and impregnated with the patient’s own bone marrow.​

Surgeons used a new 3D-printed bioresorbable mesh to fix an orbital fracture in a Thane child. The child sustained the fracture while playing with friends. The use of the mesh saved the child’s eyesight.

Azman Salleh, 52, could not describe his dismay when the doctor explained that his shattered right leg could not be saved and suggested that it be amputated. His mind imagined a dark future with only one leg. Can he work as usual and if not, who will support his family later? (Story in Malay)

Queensland teenager Asha Morris was the first cancer patient in the world to undergo groundbreaking surgery with a 3D printed implant. Today, this inspiring woman is happy, healthy and taking her first steps towards a dream career in medicine.

When John Manwaring lost a jawbone to cancer two years ago he never expected to become part of a world-first medical marvel. The 58-year-old originally had the jawbone rebuilt with bone from his leg but that disintegrated under further cancer treatment.

In July last year, auxiliary policeman Azman unfortunately fell from the height of the third floor, his right heel bone was completely broken, and he stayed in the hospital for a month and a half. He underwent 11 operations in that short period, but doctors eventually suggested possible amputation.

SINGAPORE – When Mr Danny Lin fell in a carpark in November 2020, he injured his head so badly that he could remember only slipping into a coma for about 10 days.

After a traumatic accident in 2011, Nadiah binte Mat Ithnin’s life as a young mother was filled with years of pain and struggle, on an uphill battle to recovery. This is her story of hope, and how a revolutionary 3D-printed facial implant developed by Osteopore changed her life.

In December 2017, at just 19 months old, Baby Zia was diagnosed with craniosynostosis, a premature fusion of the skull that is supposed to gradually occur throughout a child’s first six years.

Brisbane man Brodie Ellis is regrowing his own skull, thanks to a world-first operation using a 3D-printed implant at the Princess Alexandra Hospital.