Behind the Suture

Case stories, narrated by the surgeon

Honest, first-person write-ups of cases managed at The Orthoncology Clinic — the diagnosis, the decisions in the operating room, and the long road of recovery. Pick a story below to read it in full.

3 stories so far · more on the way

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MRI of the elbow — a 3×3 cm tumour sitting snugly inside the joint.

Joint-Sparing Surgery

9-month follow-up Elbow joint

“My elbow won’t bend or straighten — is this cancer?”

A young woman in her mid-20s with a quiet elbow swelling and a joint that wouldn’t fully bend or straighten. Imaging revealed a 3×3 cm intra-articular tumour wrapped around her elbow — and a careful en-bloc excision gave her movement, and her arm, back.

Tenosynovial Giant Cell Tumour (nodular variant)

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“Doctor, we trust you — I don’t want to lose my leg.”

A recurrent, infected giant cell tumour of the lower tibia — and a young engineering student who chose to fight for his leg.

Recurrent & infected Giant Cell Tumour

Recurrent GCTDistal tibiaMicrovascular flap

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“He had a flight to catch — and a tumour we hadn’t named yet.”

Hip Preservation

Recent case · ongoing follow-up

“He had a flight to catch — and a tumour we hadn’t named yet.”

A young engineer with a US masters lined up develops a nagging hip pain after a casual game of cricket. What looked like an everyday strain turned out to be a rare benign tumour in a very inconvenient spot.

Chondroblastoma of the femoral head

ChondroblastomaFemoral neckImage-guided biopsy

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