After tumor prompted amputation little leaguer's leg reattached backward, on purpose


Science | 207219 hits | Jun 20 2:07 pm | Posted by: QBall
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Less than three years after doctors from Ohio State University Medical Center amputated much of his right leg to remove a softball-size tumor from above his right femur (thighbone), Dugan plays baseball and basketball, went skiing last week, and plans to

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  1. by avatar QBall
    Mon Jun 20, 2011 9:12 pm
    I don't suppose the surgeon who invented the rotationplasty's last name was Frakenstein? You really have to think outside the box to come up with something this brilliant.

  2. by avatar BartSimpson Gold Member
    Mon Jun 20, 2011 9:32 pm
    8O



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