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How surgery for dogs is now helping humans: 3D-printed hip socket offers new hope

How surgery for dogs is now helping humans: 3D-printed hip socket offers new hope

Surgeons specializing in human and veterinary medicine have collaborated to successfully implant a 3D-printed titanium hip socket in a 36-year-old man. This procedure adapts medical techniques originally developed for dogs to treat complex hip conditions in humans.

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