Tygerberg Hospital has reached a historic milestone in South African medical innovation, successfully performing the country’s first fully internal bone transport and limb-lengthening reconstruction. This places the Western Cape facility among a select group of centres globally capable of offering this advanced limb-salvage technique within the public health sector.

The operation, completed in partnership with Stellenbosch University, signals a leap forward for complex trauma care and positions Tygerberg Hospital as a leader in cutting-edge orthopaedic reconstruction.

A Life-Changing Operation for a Former Police Officer

The patient, a 64-year-old retired police officer, had struggled for years with the aftermath of a 2018 gunshot injury, enduring chronic pain, repeated unsuccessful sur

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