The VA is continuing to expand its national integrated virtual 3D printing network, which grew from three hospitals in early 2017 to 20 at the end of 2018.

Researchers in London developed a copper implant that is designed to treat Osteomyelitis, a rare condition of bone inflammation caused by infection, according to The Siasat Daily.

Flexible fixation and 3D-printing technology are driving the orthopedic trauma market, according to a Market Research Blog report.

Ronald Hugate, MD, replaced part of a patient's cancerous pelvis with a 3D-printed titanium implant, CBS Denver Local reports.

Aesculap Implant Systems conducted a study to test its Plasmapore technology, a porous titanium surface enhancement that has been shown to create an ideal osteoconductive environment for bone formation during spinal fusion.

Fremont, Calif.-based PrinterPrezz partnered with 3D scanner provider Growshapes to accelerate the company's 3D design and development of medical devices.

The Orthopaedic Innovation Centre released a new white paper on the testing and validation of a patient-specific surface-guided total knee replacement.

Centinel Spine completed initial cases with the newest system in its FLX Platform of 3D-printed all-titanium interbody devices.

Additive Orthopaedics received FDA 510(k) clearance for its patient-specific 3D-printed Locking Lattice Plates.

Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine and Institute of Engineering are using 3D technology to print spinal cords.

Researchers at the University of Arizona in Tucson received a $2.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to use 3D printing to regrow broken bones, according to KGUN 9.

Ulrich Medical USA released its new generation vertebral body replacement device Solidity.

Additive manufacturing software company Betatype 3D-printed 800 lumbar cages using its Engine workflow optimization software, 3D Printing Industry reports.

Tampa, Fla.-based Joseph Spine surgeons Samuel Joseph Jr., MD, and Andrew Moulton, MD, performed one of the first cases using Osseus Fusion Systems' 3D-printed Aries-L lumbar interbody fusion device.

New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery and LimaCorporate launched a project to develop the first provider-based additive manufacturing 3D printing facility for custom orthopedic implants.

Sintx Technologies, formerly named Amedica, published a clinical outcomes report that analyzed results of lumbar fusion surgeries performed with silicon nitride implants 30-years postoperatively.

Here are 51 developments in 3D printing for spine and orthopedics in 2018.

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Surface Engineering and Thin Films in Braunschweig, Germany, developed a method to 3D-print patient-specific and stable plastic bone implants, according to 3D Printing Media Network.

In2Bones Global launched its PEEK PitStop Subtalar Implant for flat foot deformity.

Medical device company PrinterPrezz, which combines metal 3D-printing, nanotechnologies and surgical expertise to design and manufacture medical devices that can be brought to market faster, opened its first innovation center in Fremont, Calif.