Restoring Limb Length Following Bone Cancer Surgery

Bone oncology is a complex disease that requires a physician to have appropriate work experience and skills. Such qualities are possessed by specialists of the Tel Aviv Medical Clinic. Due to the peculiarities of the formations, the operation is associated with injuries. However, the doctors of our clinic are considered the best in the world and use organ-preserving interventions. We must not forget that cancer is aggressive and quickly spreads through the body. Therefore, it is so important to contact a specialist in time for dangerous signs.

Treatment features at Tel Aviv Medical Clinic

Specialists of our clinic have all the necessary skills for the treatment of pathology. We use modern equipment and unique methods of therapy. Our employees receive special training every year. Wards of the department are equipped with everything necessary for the speedy recovery of patients. It is worth noting that the clinic set tariffs at the state level. Thus, you get high-end services at an acceptable price. If necessary, our medical staff will help contact charitable foundations.

The most commonly used treatment options are:

• Surgery;
• Chemotherapy;
• Radiation irradiation;
• Targeted therapy;
• Immunotherapy;
• Radiosurgery.

How to restore limb length?

However, many patients of the clinic may face the problem of shortening the limb, which can lead to limp, distortion of the spine, disruption of internal organs. So that the child is not doomed to a disability, our specialists use high-tech endoprostheses that fully compensate for the bone defect after operative removal of the formation. Such a prosthesis is made of a safe material that will last for many years for your baby.

In addition to the prosthesis, our surgeons perform the following limb extension operations:

• Epiphysiodesis is a type of surgery aimed at temporarily or permanently stop the growth of one of the lower limbs in length.
• Osteotomy – surgical shortening (or elongation) of one of the limbs can be carried out both in young and mature age when the bones of the lower limbs stopped growing. 

Extension of the limb using osteotomy can be carried out simultaneously – by implantation of bone graft (graft). But the clinic’s surgeons prefer the use of the Ilizarov method as having the least risk of complications.