Millions of people each year undergo painful procedures to repair damaged or missing bone. Whether caused by injury, aging or disease, bone loss can dramatically affect mobility, independence and ...

Bones broken in a skiing accident usually heal on their own. But if the break is too severe or a bone tumor needs to be removed, surgeons insert an implant that enables the bone to grow back together.

On December 22nd of 2023, a Vietnamese patient underwent hours-long surgery in order to remove part of his pelvis and femur, as per the usual treatment for bone cancer. What was special here was that ...

When a bone break is too severe to heal on its own, surgeons often rely on grafts or rigid metal implants — but both come with serious drawbacks. Now, researchers at ETH Zurich have created a ...

Artificial joints that not only replace damaged bones but also release medicine directly into the body could soon become ...

Researchers at Tampere University, Finland, have developed a groundbreaking 3D-printed ceramic implant material that closely mimics real human bone. The findings advance the development of ...

Doctors shared the challenges of helping their young patients with osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer, with Anamika Prasad. In the majority of cases, treatment requires a highly complicated surgery ...

Surgical design and planning with assistance from artificial intelligence (AI), coupled with 3D-printed personalized implants, from OsseoLabs Co., Ltd., is a viable solution to avoid the negative ...

A new line of custom PEEK-based skull implants, individually tailored to a patient’s cranium on the basis of CT scans, is coming to market after receiving Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval ...