A cancer patient recovered well from a surgery involving a 3-D printed titanium sternum and rib cage placed in his chest, according to a research organization in Australia. The Commonwealth Scientific ...

Hope Fuglesten, the 12-year-old Buxton, N.D., girl with spina bifida, on Thursday underwent the second half of a rare, life-saving two-part surgery to implant a titanium rib cage in her body. The ...

Doctors say it's the first time a titanium sternum and set of ribs have been made with a 3-D printer. The custom-made device has already been... At first glance, the metallic device almost looks like ...

Hope Fuglesten, the 12-year-old Buxton, N.D., girl who is getting a titanium rib cage to help her survive spina bifida, returned to school this week at Central Valley School. "I was excited, but ...

Dr. Juan Ortiz, a Raleigh plastic surgeon, was a vital part of the medical team tasked with providing a comprehensive chest wall construction to Drew Herman. Drew was born with Poland syndrome, a ...

I began investigating cosmetic rib surgery after a trusted plastic surgeon informed me that the procedure, long regarded as sheer curiosity or urban legend, has become something more in Beverly Hills.

A drastic new procedure, which inflicts tiny fractures to the ribs, emerges at the forefront of body modification. A drastic new procedure, which inflicts tiny fractures to the ribs, emerges at the ...