First implant of patient-specific rod for spinal deformities in U.S.
Wednesday, December 10, 2014 - 16:31
in Health & Medicine
In early November, a New York hospital became the first in the U.S. to implant a patient with a new customized osteosynthesis rod precisely designed and manufactured preoperatively to properly realign the individual's spine, which had been severely deformed from scoliosis since childhood.
