Milestone Surgery: Israeli surgeons performed the first-ever complete rib cage replacement using a customized 3D-printed implant [00:00].

Patient and Condition: The procedure took place at Beilinson Hospital in central Israel on a woman in her 20s who was diagnosed with an extremely rare cancer with only 20 reported cases worldwide [00:07].

Procedure Details: To remove the cancer, doctors had to excise her sternum and attached ribs; they then reconstructed the area using a custom 3D-printed implant designed to provide both strength and flexibility while protecting the heart and lungs [00:23].

Recovery: The surgery lasted about two hours, and the patient has already been discharged to recover at home [00:40].