Rare surgery by Shriners saves leg of girl from Samoa

Doctors use a bone from the 4-year-old's other leg to replace the one that was ravaged by a tumor

By Kristen Consillio

~~<p>Four-year-old Grace Misipati suffered from a rare tumor in her right leg since she was 5 months old but didn't have access to the medical care she needed in her rural Maagao Village in Samoa.</p>
<p>Doctors at Shriners Hospitals for Children-Honolulu, during an outreach clinic to the island, discovered a severe curvature in her leg was the result of a benign tumor that needed to be removed right away to prevent the active child from becoming crippled.</p>
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Four-year-old Grace Misipati suffered from a rare tumor in her right leg since she was 5 months old but didn't have access to the medical care she needed in her rural Maagao Village in Samoa.

Doctors at Shriners Hospitals for Children-Honolulu, during an outreach clinic to the island, discovered a severe curvature in her leg was the result of a benign tumor that needed to be removed right away to prevent the active child from becoming crippled. Login for more...