3D printing allowed Dr. Justin Bird to save patient Sophie’s knee.

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In the end it was a good thing that Sophie’s husband wasn’t paying attention. She was trying to prove that she could, in fact, jump and click her heels together twice before landing.

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But he missed her performance. So she did it again, but when she landed, her left leg was flooded with pain, keeping her awake that night.

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Although the pain eventually subsided, the accompanying swelling did not, so she went to the doctor. An ultrasound led to an X-ray led to an MRI that led to the day in May 2018 when she learned that the lump in the back of her leg was parosteal osteosarcoma—cancer of the bone and surrounding connective tissue. She was 27. The next month, with husband, parents, and dog in tow, she moved from Colorado to […]

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