How 3-D Printing Is Changing Health Care

How 3-D Printing Is Changing Health Care
Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph via AP

A year ago, an 11-year-old girl named London Secor had surgery at the Mayo Clinic to remove a rare tumor located in her pelvis. In the past, surgeons would have considered amputating one of Ms. Secor's legs, given that the tumor had spread to the bone and nerves of her sacrum and was encroaching on her hip socket.

That didn't happen this time, however, due largely to advances in 3-D printing.

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