WHAT IS TIBIAL HEMIMELIA?

Tibial Hemimelia is a congenital condition said to affect one in a million children, where a child is born with a very short tibia (shinbone) or a completely missing tibia, resulting in a disbalance owing to the difference in the length of the lower limbs.

In a series of five transformative surgeries, Dr Weber reconstructed the missing parts of the child’s lower limbs.

Baby Memet Salih born with unformed lower limbs faced the prospect of amputation.