Doctors on Wednesday completed
the first-ever implant of a titanium hemipelvis into the body of
an 18-year-old affected with bone cancer of the pelvis, ANSA
sources said.
In the 12-hour operation, doctors removed the patient's
cancer-ridden right hemipelvis and hip bone and replaced them
with an identical implant constructed in the United States.
The implant was made of titanium and tantalum, a metal that
bonds with human bones.
The patient had undergone 16 rounds of chemotherapy in the
past year and will be moved to the oncology ward of Turin's CTO
Hospital on Wednesday afternoon to begin post-operation
recovery.
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