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Vietnam's High-Tech Leap: A Hospital Group Pioneers Life-Changing 3D-Printed Implants

Vietnam’s Vinmec doctors use personalized 3D-printed implants to revolutionize bone cancer treatment, giving patients new hope (Credit: BY VINMEC)

Vinmec Healthcare System, a leading private hospital group in Vietnam, is transforming bone cancer care with personalized 3D-printed implants, offering new hope to patients previously facing amputation or lifelong disability.

In a global first, eight-year-old Tran Minh Duc received a fully 3D-printed, growth-adaptive titanium femur after being diagnosed with aggressive osteosarcoma. Multiple hospitals recommended amputation. Instead, Vinmec offered a two-stage solution using CT-based design and modular implant technology.

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