Post-Operative Osseointegration Patient Visit with Dr. Rozbruch

Osseointegration patient and marathon runner Mark Relei is an example of what is possible with limb replacement surgery. At this post-op patient visit with Dr. Robert Rozbruch, MD 22 months after osseointegration surgery, Mark shares about his amputation experience and difficulty using a socket, and now being able to run in two marathons with his bone anchored implant.

Robert Rozbruch, MD, Director, Osseointegration Limb Replacement Center
Austin Fragomen, MD
Taylor Reif, MD
Jason Hoellwarth, MD

osseointegration, bone anchored limb, osseointegration limb replacement, amputee athlete.

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Dr Rozbruch’s hands are a gift. As a teenager I saw videos of the procedures. I had bilateral bow legs, I wrote a comment on a video and he reply, it was probably one of the happiest day of my life because i was able to meet him. Dr. Rozbruch’s hands are a gift. As a teenager, I saw videos of the procedures. I had bilateral bow legs; I wrote a comment on a video, and he replied. It was probably one of the happiest days of my life because I was able to meet him. He performed the surgeries, and for 14 years, both of my legs have been straight as an arrow.