Lifeline Hospital successfully performs a Total knee replacement in a recurrent cancer for a 20 year old boy from Bangladesh
Chennai, 23rd November 2021: Lifeline hospital, a leading multispecialty hospital in Chennai successfully performed a Revision Distal femur Total Knee Megaprosthesis on a young boy from Bangladesh. The patient aged 20-year old visited Lifeline Hospital with complaints of swelling around the knee along with pain, shortening, and difficulty in walking for the past 18 months. YouTube Video ЁЯСЗЁЯСЗ The patient had a history of Osteosarcoma of the right thigh bone which was diagnosed at the age of 16 for which he underwent an excision of the cancerous bone and muscles, and a major bone and joint replacement surgery of the right thigh and knee (Wide Excision and Distal Femur Total Knee Replacement Megaprosthesis) in Mumbai. The patient also had Osteosarcoma of the lungs for which he underwent surgery a year later with many chemotherapy sessions. (L to R) Dr.Saravana Kumar; Dr.B.Natesh, Chief Operating Officer; Thineshchandar Andiappan, Orthopaedic Surgeon; Patient He was able to walk comfortab...