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The Centre for Orthopaedic Trauma (CTO) in Turin, Italy, has performed the world’s first pelvis transplant, an operation that saved the life of an 18-year-old suffering from osteosarcoma. The condition was considered inoperable and the boy responded quite well to 16 cycles of chemotherapy but the doctors didn’t stop at the traditional treatment, racking their brains to find a definitive solution.
They therefore had half atitanium pelvis built in the US and had it coated with tantalum, a material that is fully compatible with human bones, made to measure from a cast taken from the patient’s CT scan. The operation, which lasted about 12 hours, involved removing the right-hand side of the pelvis and hip affected by the tumour and replacing them with the prosthesis. The operation was a great success for Italy.
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