Doctors Reattach Boy's Leg Backwards and Upside Down...
...But it was done to save his life. After Dugan Smith was diagnosed with bone cancer and underwent surgery to remove a softball-sized tumor from his leg, he had chemotherapy to kill the cancer ... then surgeons got crafty. They performed a rare and remarkable procedure called Van Nes Rotationplasty whee the middle part of the leg is removed then they reattach the bottom part of the leg upside
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