A new and groundbreaking procedure called rotationplasty. During the operation, Dr. Sim removed the section of the thigh, or femur bone, that involves the...
11 months ago

At 14, Abigail Wimsatt knows she has a long road to recovery, and one few can relate to. The Cecilia teenager is recovering from a life-altering surgery.
5 months ago

Childhood cancer is not keeping one De Pere boy down. Get to know Owen Obey and how the community is rallying around him.
5 months ago

Developed in 1930 to treat femoral deficiency in a patient with tuberculosis, rotationplasty today may be indicated for lower extremity bone...
103 months ago

Lisa: 'Looking back, Ryan's fall in February this year was a blessing in disguise. That's how we found out something was wrong. Often, a tumor like this...
1 month ago

Rotationplasty is an alternative form of amputation in which the central portion of the leg is removed as surgeons carefully extract the bone tumor.
90 months ago

Performing a rotationplasty sacrifices the knee and uses the ankle as a neo-knee. Therefore, the articular biomechanics of the ankle are totally...
33 months ago

Parker McDonald was diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer. He underwent chemotherapy, radiation and a complex surgery know as rotationplasty.
4 months ago

An osteosarcoma survivor, Jack credits the rotationplasty procedure he received in 2018 as the key to his many athletic endeavors.
31 months ago

Abby Wimsatt, 14, of Cecilia, underwent a rotationplasty surgery, which removed a osteosarcoma tumor and rotated her foot 180 degrees, last month.
7 months ago