Surgery research

I'm trying to do as much research as I can on my upcoming surgery. It is so hard to gather information since this has only been approved since 2004 and a Bing or Google search will provide me with the company website and a research study, or two, on 70 year olds. Other survivors that I have met have either had a different kind of surgery, involving resection and reconstruction using cadaver bones, or have had Chondrosarcoma in another part of the body.

My new implant will be a Biomet Compress Distal Femur Replacement. It is designed to promote bone strength so that the implant has less chance of breaking loose or fracturing the bone. It should last 10-15 years and though i'm sad that I won't be able to run again at least i'll be off of crutches. The xray pictures do look impressive and at this point I feel that if I can hold off having surgery #4 for another 10 - 15 years I will be happy.