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MANGALURU: A 20 year old woman will soon regain mobility she lost two years back to cancerous tumour on her left leg, thanks to a complex surgery performed at the Indiana Hospital here.

The woman from Kannur, Naseema (name changed) was suffering from cancerous tumour on her left knee which recurred after initial surgery done elsewhere. The only option in such situation was amputation, an option which the woman refused to take. The woman's parents visited multiple hospitals where the only option given was amputation.

Dr Jalaluddin Akbar, cancer surgeon at Indiana Hospital and Heart Institute said: it was a complicated surgery which took eight hours.

Here are four things to know:

1. The surgery was performed by Gregory Packer, MD, in Essex, United Kingdom.

2. The KinematX Modular Hemi Wrist represents the next generation for Extremity Medical's KinematX platform.

3. The first successful implantation marks the official entry of this next generation product into the European market.

4. Extremity Medical is an orthopedic device company currently has 10 products released globally, including specialized fixation and advanced arthroplasty systems.

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Here are five takeaways:

1. The patient injured her left leg and needed emergency surgery after a head-on collision.

2. Dr. Adams is a foot and ankle specialist.

3. He recommended developing a 3-D printed custom bone implant to support the severely damaged bones of the patient.

4. Dr. Adams explained the machine 3-D prints a titanium cage to replace the missing bone, which acts like a set of scaffolding that evenly distributed forces around the entire leg, supporting the remaining bone and replacing the missing bits.

5. This 3-D bone implant is FDA approved and capable of revolutionizing the way patients with severe leg trauma can be treated.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Jan. 12, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Based on its recent analysis of the hip replacement market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Intellijoint Surgical with the 2015 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Enabling Technology Leadership. Intellijoint Surgical's flagship product, intellijoint HIP™, can greatly increase the success rates of hip replacement procedures by providing orthopedic surgeons with real-time data measurements of cup position, leg length, and offset intraoperatively. Accurate implant selection and alignment improves patients' outcomes and reduces overall treatment costs.

One is a longtime Sabre and Travelocity executive who found a niche in online travel. Another is a single mom who turned cotton candy into a gourmet snack. Then there are two friends who are bringing global home decor goods to consumers.

From travel technology to food innovation to fashion technology, these entrepreneurs represent the richness and diversity of North Texas startups.

“More than a random group of people with innovative ideas and the ability and desire to execute, the Dallas-Fort Worth startup community is a cross section of the city’s cultural diversity,” said Michael Sitarzewski, an entrepreneur, a Dallas startup evangelist and publisher of Launch DFW, an online platform that covers the region’s startups.

During the next decade, The Advisory Board Company projects increases in both inpatient and outpatient orthopedic care. Knee and hip replacements will continue to lead the growth of inpatient procedures. Furthermore, due to modern anesthesia techniques and increased sophistication of patient care in an ambulatory setting, a transformation is underway, which will drive more than half of these procedures into an outpatient setting in time.

Many forces have affected the expansion of orthopedic care — aging population, increasing rates of osteoarthritis, comorbidities such as smoking, diabetes and obesity, more revision procedures and continued innovation of medical devices and techniques. With the predicted increases in the number of people age 65 years or older, the overall expenditures for orthopedic care will continue to increase dramatically and, as such, have become targets for ways to reduce health care spending.