University of Texas at Dallas mechanical engineers have designed a 3D-printed femur that could help doctors prepare for surgeries to repair bones and develop treatments for bone tumors. The engineers, ...

Mechanical engineers designed a 3D-printed femur that could help doctors prepare for surgeries to repair bones and develop treatments for bone tumors. The study, which focused on the middle section of ...

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 ...

UT Southwestern Medical Center orthopedic surgeon Dr. Richard Samade holds a 3D-printed radius, one of the two bones of the forearm, in Dallas on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. 3D-printed bones serve as a ...

A group of North Texas doctors and scientists printed part of a human femur — the longest and strongest bone in the body — that mimics the strength, flexibility and overall mechanics of a real femur.