In Medical First, Packard Children’s Orthopedic Surgeon Implants High-Tech Artificial Bone In Three-Year-Old’s Arm

When little Mark Blinder was diagnosed with a rare bone cancer, doctors at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital gave his parents three agonizing options: amputate the affected arm at the shoulder, irradiate the tumor and risk a second malignancy, or try a limb-preserving surgery that had never been attempted in a toddler. Nearly a year later, Mark, now four, is thriving with a surgically implanted artificial humerus inside his cancer-free right arm.

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