Rotationplasty is a surgical option for treatment of bone tumors of lower limb. It is a procedure which makes the ankle joint to substitute and function as knee joint after 180 degree rotation of the limb. It is a semi-ablative procedure i.e. it is somewhere in the middle between complete amputation and complete preservation of the limb. The surgeon neither cuts off the limb nor completely preserves it. The limb gets shorter after surgery and the ankle joint of the operated extremity lies at the level of opposite leg's knee joint. The foot faces backwards instead of forwards. |
