MELBOURNE: Doctors in Australia used 3D printer in a world-first procedure to replace a patient's cancer- eaten heel with a man-made titanium one, local media reported.

A 71-year-old man whose right foot suffered from cancer thought the only option he face would be amputation but after a successful surgery in Victoria, now he can stand on his own feet again.

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