AIIMS doctors replace hip joint with 3D-printed implant
The doctors at AIIMS Delhi performed a hip joint replacement surgery using a customised 3D-printed medical implant on April 25, which has recently been declared successful. Doctors revealed the 40-year-old patient was in intensive care for three days after the 8-hour surgery in which he required about 15 units of blood. The surgery took around five months to plan.