The 3D honeycomb-shaped titanium alloy piece which is successfully transplanted into the leg of a patient suffering from bone cancer from Quang Ngai by HCM City’s Cho Ray Hospital. (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – Doctors at in HCM City
successfully performed surgery to replace a segment
of tibia in the leg of a patient suffering from with a 3D honeycomb-shaped titanium alloy piece.
According to Le Van Tuan, head of the orthopaedic
trauma department at the hospital, this is a completely and was successfully
applied for the first time at Cho Ray Hospital in particular and in Vietnam in
general.
In 2019, a 33-year-old man
from central Quang Ngai province had surgery at the hospital to remove a tumour
growing on his left tibia, which resulted in him having limited movement in the
knee. The surgery, however, left him with a gap of about 11cm in the tibia.
To avoid any risk and inconvenience from conventional surgery, doctors decided
to use a piece to replace the tibial segment.
Just four days after surgery,
the patient was able to stand and practice walking. He is expected to be able
to walk normally after 5-6 months.
Tuan said that the advantage
of this technology is that the piece is created
to fit into the missing bone.
The “honeycomb” holes also lead bone cells to multiply and develop, gradually
turning the piece into a part of the body that is not rejected, as is usually
the case with metals, he added./.
Source: VietnamPlus
