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Yesterday on tv there was a news item about a male model who had cancer in the left femur. The leg required amputation. The surgeons removed the knee and 3/4 of the femur leaving the neck and GT and relaced it with the shank and foot of the same leg. The ingeneous thing was that they fitted the shank back to front. In this way a new prosthetic lower limb could be fitted to the foot and ankle, which now acts as a knee.
The patient returned to his modeling career and is a very keen football player.
Now how great is that! Has anyone come across this technique before?
Chers Dave Smith
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