Many heart procedures are labeled as “minimally invasive,” but some of these procedures still involve cutting through the ...

In the first surgical operation of its kind, a cancer patient has been fitted with a 3D-printed titanium sternum and ribs. Michelle Starr Science editor Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and ...

The sternum, or breastbone, is a long, flat bone in the center of the chest, says Kaiser Permanente. It connects to the ribs via cartilage, and together, the sternum and ribs protect the organs in the ...

For the first time in history, a patient has received a custom 3D-printed titanium implant, designed to replace part of his ribcage. The patient is a 54-year-old Spanish man who had a cancerous tumor ...

MELBOURNE, Sept. 11 (UPI) --Surgeons in Spain implanted a set of 3-D printed, titanium ribs into a man with a chest wall sarcoma to replace his own ribs that had to be removed. Chest wall sarcomas are ...

Costochondritis is the inflammation of the cartilage of the rib cage, which causes chest pain near the sternum. The cause of ...

The sternum, or breastbone, is the flat bone where the ribs meet. Sometimes, the joints can pop or crack as a person stretches or moves. A muscle spasm, an injury, costochondritis, and surgery are ...

3D printing is proving to be an invaluable tool for medicine, filling gaps where previous handcrafted artificial limbs and prosthetics would have failed. One example comes from Australia, where the ...

3D Printing has taken off in recent years, with everything from toys to houses being designed and built by anyone with a computer (and a big enough printer). Some of the biggest advantages of the 3D ...