Background: Malignant bone tumors of the lower extremity are more frequently found in children and adolescents than in adults. Modern treatment regimens led to high limb salvage rates and offer ...

Then rotationplasty, involving turning lower leg and creating a knee from ankle; ... The lower leg is then rotated 180 degrees and attached to the femur. Sources: Macmillan and Healthline.

In addition, rotationplasty would allow her bones to continue to grow, and would preserve the main nerves in her lower leg, according to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Amelia with her family ...

A woman who wears a prosthetic leg has revealed that she still has both of her feet but one is attached to her thigh.

It's called rotationplasty. The surgeon removes the affected bone along with the knee joint. The lower portion of the leg along with the foot is rotated 180 degrees and attached to the upper thigh.

Rotationplasty procedures are used because the patient retains the use of their foot, which helps them walk in their prosthesis ...