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Indian Surgeons Use Mothers Bone Grafts to Save Children From Amputations
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Firstpost•14-10-2026, 18:00
Indian Surgeons Use Mothers Bone Grafts to Save Children From Amputations
- •Surgeons in New Delhi successfully reconstructed damaged thigh and leg bones in children using bone grafts taken from their mothers, helping them avoid amputations.
- •The pioneering technique adapts a method previously used for upper-limb reconstruction to treat complex lower-limb issues caused by bone cancer and chronic infections.
- •Patients from Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, who faced advice for above-knee amputations in their home countries, have been successfully treated at Aakash Healthcare.
- •The procedure involves grafting a section of the mother's fibula, providing a compatible and readily available biological option for children with extensive bone damage.
- •Medical teams closely monitor both the mother's recovery and the child's progress, noting that the reconstructed bones continue to grow and allow patients to walk normally years later.
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Surgeons at Aakash Healthcare Super Speciality Hospital in New Delhi reconstructed children's damaged thigh bones and limbs using sections of bone grafts taken from their mothers' fibulas.
The first procedure took place in 2021 on a 16-year-old girl with a chronic bone infection who underwent thigh bone reconstruction using her mother's fibula.
Several children from Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, including young boys facing bone cancer and tumors, travelled to Delhi for the limb-sparing reconstruction procedures.
