Dr. Choong Chee Leong, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon (Orthopaedic-Oncology) at Beacon Hospital, is transforming bone cancer care with an innovative technique: liquid nitrogen recycling autografts.
“This ingenious approach turns the problem into part of the solution,” Dr. Choong explains.
The method involves removing cancerous bone, sterilizing it at -196°C using liquid nitrogen to eliminate tumours, then reimplanting the patient’s own treated bone.
This approach offers significant benefits for patients with osteosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma, and chondrosarcoma.
By reusing the patient’s own bone, it stimulates natural bone regeneration, preserves joint function better than prosthetics, and maintains the bone’s original structure for optimal healing. It also lowers the risk of recurrence and is more cost-effective than allografts or custom prosthetics.
While the procedure requires specialised surgical expertise and up to two years of rehabilitation, liquid nitrogen recycling autografts represent a paradigm shift—offering patients renewed hope and mobility using their own biologically recycled bone.
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