Plastic surgeons at Galilee Medical Center 3D-printed a prosthetic ear and attached it to a child born with microtia, a developmental defect.

Israeli doctors 3D-printed an ear and attached it to a six-year-old boy born with microtia, a deformity that stops the development of a baby’s ear in the womb, usually during the first trimester of pregnancy.

 Reconstructing an ear using cartilage and prosthetics is not unusual, but 3D printing that cartilage was a breakthrough.

 Photo courtesy of Galilee Medical Center