Innovative surgery preserves limb growth for childhood bone cancer patients

Ewing’s sarcoma, osteosarcoma, and other bone cancers often impinge upon the growth plates of children’s arms and legs, explained Jonathan Cheng, M.D., Professor of Plastic Surgery at UTSW and Pediatric Hand Surgeon at Children’s Health, who specializes in complex limb restoration and peripheral nerve reconstruction. Consequently, the traditional limb-salvaging procedures used to treat these cancers often damage or remove the growth plate in these bones, leaving children with limb-length differences as they continue to grow.

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