South African surgeons have successfully performed the world's first transplant of middle-ear bones that uses 3D printed components, a research university said.
The technique "may be the answer to conductive hearing loss – a middle ear problem caused by congenital birth defects, infection, trauma or metabolic diseases," Pretoria University said in a statement seen March 14.
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