The new ear is constructed from pieces of the child’s rib cartilage. There are 33 microtia surgeries planned for the week. Each surgery takes about five hours with two or three specially trained ...

This is why 3DBio Therapeutics successfully grafting a 3D-printed ear – an implant it calls "AuriNovo" — onto a patient is kind of a big deal. But there's more to it than that.

The patient was a 20-year-old woman with microtia, ... Typically, these patients will have their ear(s) reconstructed using rib grafts or synthetic materials. However, ...

For microtia patients today, surgeons often carve into a child’s rib cage to shave off cartilage and then construct an ear. 3D printing, in which a machine creates a three-dimensional object ...

A 5-year-old born with bilateral microtia had a priceless reaction when she received a new cochlear hearing implant, the latest technology making hearing possible for those born without ears.