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Inspiring Stories in Your Selected Condition

Allie Newman

Pacific Palisades, California

Total Femur Replacement (Including Half Hip Replacement and Total Knee Replacement) by Jeff Eckardt, MD

Because of my orthopaedic care, I can now ride a bike and take my dogs for a walk.

Dan Vonk

Kingsland, Georgia

Chondrosarcoma of Right Femur/Hip; Prosthetic Right Femur with Total Hip Replacement by Mary I. O'Connor, MD

Because of my orthopaedic care, I can play with my kids and coach tennis!

Turid "Terri" Njaa

Chicago, Illinois

Removal of Osteochondroma at T7-T8 by Michael F. Schafer, MD

Because of my orthopaedic care, at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, I can walk and do not have to wear diapers!

Bryanne Vergara

Calgary, Canada

Total Knee Replacement; Limb Salvaging Surgery by Norman Schachar, MD

Because of my orthopaedic care, I can walk, I can work out and I can feel like a normal person.

Josalyn Kaldenberg

Woodward, Iowa

Limb Salvage, Involving Resection/Removal of Humerus (Osteosarcoma Tumor) and Reconstruction with Expandable Endoprosthetic, Including Elbow and Partial Shoulder Joints by Douglas Letson, MD

Because of my orthopaedic care, I can still play the piano and do gymnastics!

Caitlynne McGaff

Boston, Massachusetts

Rotation Plasty, Chemotherapy by Mark Gebhardt, MD

Because of my orthopaedic care, I can be free to be a kid again.

East Lansing, Michigan

Resection of Tibial Osteosarcoma Reconstruction with an Intercalary Allograft by Steven Gitelis, MD

Because of my orthopaedic care, I can walk and play some football at Michigan State University.

Trevor Banka

Farmington, Michigan

Osteosarcoma Resection, Limb Salvage with Endoprosthesis by Michael Mott, MD

Because of my orthopaedic care, I was able to ride my bicycle across the country, twice, and was inspired to become an orthopaedic surgeon.

Shanna Decker

Plainview, Minnesota

Rotationplasty for Osteosarcoma by Franklin H. Sim, MD

Because of my orthopaedic care, I can bike, run, climb, swim, inspire, love and live – even better than I could before.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

CURE of Giant Cell Tumor, Left Distal Radius by Denis Clohisy, MD

Because of my orthopaedic care, I can lift a gallon of milk again.

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