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Surgeons in Swansea are using 3D printing technology to rebuild a patient's face which was crushed in a motorbike accident. It works by using images from a CT scan to design implants that are created in titanium by a 3D printer. The groundbreaking work is being led by Morriston Hospital consultant maxillofacial surgeon Adrian Sugar. It is being featured in an exhibition at the Science Museum in London before the operation itself is carried out. There have been cases using custom-made titanium implants to correct congenital conditions, those which arise at birth or shortly after. However, this is thought to be one of the first such reconstructions following an injury. | 
