SURGEON TRANSPLANTS SHIN BONE WITH MENISCUS (Orthopedics This Week)
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The Edmonton Journal (Canada) reports an uncommon surgery performed for the first time in the area. Orthopedic surgeon Nadr Jomha transplanted a shin bone, complete with the cartilage and meniscus to reconstruct the knee of a 22-year-old man who had suffered a serious workplace injury.
The patient injured his leg two years ago when a 1,000-kilogram pump jack weight tipped over on his left leg. He had a five-centimeter tear in the main blood vessel in his leg, a dislocated knee, and rips to three of the four ligaments in his knee.
Jomha initially conducted several surgeries to stabilize the leg and repair the blood vessels, after which he reconstructed the torn ligaments using donated tendons. However, he soon realized there was a more serious problem. The top of the patient’s shin bone had died and begun collapsing.
Jomha contacted a new tissue program in Calgary to see if it had any donated parts that would fit his patient. It did. Jomha had a good match. In the surgery, Jomha sawed off the dead part of the patient’s shin bone and removed it. He made the same cut on the donor b...
