Prototype Case
the man made on a 3d printer: world-first surgery allows patient, 27, to walk again - after the bones in his leg \'rotted away\' after an infection
by:Tuowei
2019-09-11
Queensland is the first person in the world to make a new shin with a 3D printer.
Reuben Lichte, 27, lost his leg by infecting most of the bones in his leg.
The infection had not been diagnosed for four months before the shin was removed, while the medical team at Princess Alexandra Hospital planted a new bone using groundbreaking techniques.
His fiancé, Caity Bell, wrote on her gofundme page that a new shin bone was grown with a 3D printer, using the bones and nerves of his left leg.
Not sure how long it will take to produce new bones, MS Bell said, and so far the process is just \"tried on sheep \".
Just two days after his son was born, lichite went to the hospital, lived there for a month, and then had five surgeries in six months.
At the end of August, the last transplant lasted 14 hours.
Now that 36 cm of the 3D printed bone has been transplanted, it will act as a prop so that the new bone can grow and save his leg.
MS Bell said that while the past eight months have been terrible and difficult, she can\'t wait to get her money to raise their son.
Reuben was never able to pick up his son. . .
\"Or throw him in the air and let will scream excitedly,\" she wrote . \".
\"In daily life, they look like small things like this, but it is always the most difficult to miss such small things.
Although the operation was successful, 27-year-
The old father is still on a long way to recover, and doctors expect him to take 18 months to walk again, according to media reports from ferfax.
Mr. Lichter told the publication that he now has eightmonth-
William, the old son, walked earlier than he did.
If I had a chance to save my leg and do what I want with my son, then I would accept it, he said.
Reuben Lichte, 27, lost his leg by infecting most of the bones in his leg.
The infection had not been diagnosed for four months before the shin was removed, while the medical team at Princess Alexandra Hospital planted a new bone using groundbreaking techniques.
His fiancé, Caity Bell, wrote on her gofundme page that a new shin bone was grown with a 3D printer, using the bones and nerves of his left leg.
Not sure how long it will take to produce new bones, MS Bell said, and so far the process is just \"tried on sheep \".
Just two days after his son was born, lichite went to the hospital, lived there for a month, and then had five surgeries in six months.
At the end of August, the last transplant lasted 14 hours.
Now that 36 cm of the 3D printed bone has been transplanted, it will act as a prop so that the new bone can grow and save his leg.
MS Bell said that while the past eight months have been terrible and difficult, she can\'t wait to get her money to raise their son.
Reuben was never able to pick up his son. . .
\"Or throw him in the air and let will scream excitedly,\" she wrote . \".
\"In daily life, they look like small things like this, but it is always the most difficult to miss such small things.
Although the operation was successful, 27-year-
The old father is still on a long way to recover, and doctors expect him to take 18 months to walk again, according to media reports from ferfax.
Mr. Lichter told the publication that he now has eightmonth-
William, the old son, walked earlier than he did.
If I had a chance to save my leg and do what I want with my son, then I would accept it, he said.
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