Rotationplasty: Turning Disability Into Ability For Young Cancer Patients

ForbesAmputee Disability
Written By Jothy Rosenberg

Maya O 2016

Rotationplasty is a rarely used procedure to save the lower leg of a child for whom bone cancer has destroyed their knee. The procedure turns the foot into a replacement for the knee giving the child more mobility. But rotationplasty remains rare because very few surgical teams are experienced at performing the procedure.

Jothy Rosenberg
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