3D Printer Helps Man Walk Again

New technology has given a man his life back after an old ankle injury came back to haunt him. Shaka Robinson learned to live with pain after an accident 20 years ago. Back then, doctors reconstructed his ankle with pins. He went about his life without any big problems until he moved to Iowa this summer. It became inflamed and infected, so he came to Broadlawns Medical Center. He learned the talus bone in his ankle was dead and had to be removed. Dr. Mica Murdoch performed a total ankle replacement with a talus bone made from a 3D printer.