When Bengaluru came together to save a newborn’s arm: The story behind a rare limb-salvage surgery

More than 300 people in Bengaluru raised nearly Rs 30 lakh for a newborn's limb-salvage surgery.

The surgery treated Infantile Fibrosarcoma (IFS), a rare soft-tissue cancer, in a 28-day-old baby.

The tumour on the baby's hand grew from 3 cm to over 11 cm within weeks, leading multiple hospitals to recommend amputation.

Dr. Pramod S Chinder at HCG Cancer Centre performed India's first successful limb-salvage treatment for IFS in such a young infant.

The procedure used genomic testing, Digital Twin-assisted 3D surgical planning, and super-selective micro-embolisation.