Osteosarcoma is rare, yet it’s the most common form of bone cancer among children. It is an aggressive cancer, and removal of the diseased bone must be done quickly. The most common location for ...
If you're viewing on the ABC10 App, tap here for multimedia. Instead of staring at 12-year-old Jace Curtis, he would rather you ask about his leg. He’s undergone a rare procedure called ...
It’s a surgery so unusual that when 10-year-old Haley Stol’s mother first heard about rotationplasty, she simply called it “freaky.” Haley had bone cancer in her right leg and needed an above-the-knee ...
A CANCER-stricken teen had his foot amputated and reattached BACKWARDS to replace his knee joint after a tumour destroyed his leg. Tristin Stewart, 15, learnt to walk again after the revolutionary ...
A teenager who lost his leg to a rare form of bone cancer has had a new knee created out of his foot. Jacob Bredenhof, 14, of Abbotsford, Canada, was discovered to have osteosarcoma in his leg, a type ...
Rotationplasty procedures are used because the patient retains the use of their foot, which helps them walk in their prosthesis A man diagnosed with bone cancer after a fall had his leg amputated - ...
Tristin Stewart underwent a revolutionary operation to save his life after finding a tumour on his leg A CANCER-stricken teen had his foot amputated and reattached BACKWARDS to replace his knee joint ...