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　　Ewing's sarcoma is a bone cancer that usually attacks children and young adults, causing severe pain. It can lead to deformity and even death.

　　尤文氏肉瘤是一种骨癌,通常在儿童和年轻人上多发,引起剧烈的疼痛。这种病会导致畸形,甚至死亡。

　　Twelve-year-old Qin's second vertebra was so damaged by the cancer that doctors had to remove it.

　　患有尤文氏肉瘤12岁的秦癌变部位位于枢椎,医生不得不进行切除。

　　But instead of replacing it with a simple titanium tube, surgeons made a computer-aided scan of the area and used special software to print a perfect replica on a 3-D printer.

　　而取而代之的则是一条简单的钛管,外科医生们利用计算机辅助扫描这片区域并使用3D打印技术打印出一个完美的复制品。

　　Instead of plastic, this printer uses biocompatible titanium powder, which does not trigger rejection.

　　这台打印机并没有使用塑料，而是使用不会引发排斥反应的钛粉。

　　The director of orthopedics at Beijing University, who led the surgical team, Dr. Liu Zhongjun, said 3-D printing has a huge advantage for artificial implants.

　　北京大学整形外科主任,领导该手术团队的刘忠军博士表示3D打印技术为人工植入物开辟出一条崭新的途径。

　　“We can use iconographic tests on patients such as a CT scan, converting CT data to 3-D printing data in order to produce an internal fixation, with exactly the same structure as the patient"s bone structure.”

　　“我们可以针对患者使用肖像测试，比如CT扫描,将CT数据转换为3D打印数据这样就可以制造内部固定,同病人的骨骼完全相同的结构”。

　　The artificial vertebra has a honeycomb structure, which allows the new bone tissue to grow into it, and surgical screws are not needed to attach it.

　　人工脊椎的蜂窝状结构允许新骨组织生长,而且不需要手术螺钉。

　　Qin's mother, Xu Minglin, said she was worried about the procedure at first.

　　秦的母亲徐铭霖曾对手术表示担心。

　　“In the begining I was a little torn. But in the end, I considered that 3-D has already been applied in the medical world, and they must be confident.”

　　“起初我觉得有点不可思议。但最终,我认为3D技术已经在医学的世界里有了用武之地,而且医生们一定胸有成竹。”

　　A month after his surgery, Qin is already able to stand and walk wearing a brace. Doctors say his progress is good and that he will soon recover, although he will have to undergo additional chemotherapy to get rid of any remaining tumor cells.

　　手术一个月后,秦已经能在拐杖的帮助下站起来走路。医生称他进步很快,不久就会恢复,但他还得接受额外的化疗移除任何残留的肿瘤细胞。