UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, August 24, 1993
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Rotationplasty surgery replaces knee with ankle
Med Center's rare surgery gives boy a sporting chance
Doctors replaced cancerous knee with his ankle
By Liz Kringer
Kansan staff writer
A recent surgery at the University of Kansas Medical Center replaced a 10-year-old cancer victim's knee with his ankle, giving him an opportunity to play sports again.
On Aug. 10, a rotationplasty was performed on Christopher Barnett of Wichita. The operation was the first of its kind in Kansas. Only five rotationplasties typically are performed a year in the United States.
Barnett was taken to the hospital last May after he was injured in a collision with one of his cousins while playing basketball. X-rays of his left knee, which had caused Barnett pain before, showed a growth.
A biopsy of the growth's tissue revealed that Barnett had a highly malignant tumor known as osteogenic sarcoma, one of the rarest forms of cancer.
Greg Horton, chief orthopedic resident at the Med Center, said the
tumor probably began growing in the bone six months to a year ago and then eventually grew outward
If Barnett was an adult, surgeons would have most likely amputated the leg above the knee, and he would then undergo reconstructive surgery or be fitted for a prosthesis.
Howard Rosenthal, orthopedic oncologist at the Med Center, said that since Barnett was a child, his right leg would grow significantly before reaching adulthood, and the adult procedures would not account for Barnett's leg growth. The result would be an uneven balance between his legs that would force him to wear a 6-inch shoe lift.
There were only two possibilities for Barnett "a growing" prosthesis or rotationplasty. The growing prosthesis, which basically consists of a metal prosthesis and a screw mechanism, would involve multiple surgeries.
the rotationplasty was chosen because it would require only one surgery and ensure Barnett of the sport's active in sports, Rosenthal said.
attempt to shrink the tumor or kill it before it was removed.
Before the surgery, Barnett underwent chemotherapy treatment.
Three months after treatments began, in an eight-hour operation, Rosenthal removed the mid-section of Barnett's left leg from the upper shin bone to the upper thigh bone, leaving intact only the main nerve, two main veins and an artery.
Rosenthal then shortened the lower leg, rotated it 180 degrees, and reattached all the muscles of the thigh to the muscles of the calf. He used metal brackets to reattach the bones.
Rosenthal explained that the ankle functions in the same manner as the knee, only in the opposite direction. By turning the lower leg backward, the ankle will function as a knee.
Barnett, who will continue chemotherapy treatments for the next year, was walking on crutches less than a week after the operation. Within a few weeks he will be fitted with a prosthesis.
Horton, who assisted in the operation, said Barnett should be able to stand and shoot baskets within six weeks and should be back to school participating in all the activities by next year.
Free tables no longer provided for groups
Budget cuts leave work to students
By Shan Schwartz Kansan staff writer
KU student groups are re-evaluating their plans to set up tables on campus after discovering that the University has taken free use of tables away.
The service was previously provided to the groups by facilities operations, but a new budget that took effect July 1 cut the service. The elimination was a result of program review by the Kansas Board of Regents.
Mike Richardson, director of facilities operations, said the department decided to eliminate the table service and one related staff position because the service was not directly related to the academic mission of the University. He said that program review required the department to cut $122,000 from its budget each year for the next three years.
Tables and chairs alone, Richardson said, cost the department $7,000 last year for repair and replacement. The labor to provide those tables cost even more, he said.
for providing tables and chairs on campus. He said many other universities did not provide tables at all, and some provided them only to academic units for a fee.
Facilities operations will continue to provide free tables to academic departments and to administrative activities directly related to academics, Richardson said.
Richardson said that the department studied other colleges' policies
Richardson said he was not happy about cutting any service to students.
Ann Eversole, director of the Organizations and Activities Center, said that eliminating the table service would have a big impact on organizations who used them for their activities.
In previous years, organizations only had to get approval from the University Events Committee to use a table from facilities operations, Eversole said. She said that although soliciting signatures or operating any sale still required committee approval, all a group had to do was bring its own table and set up shop.
"I'm concerned about the fallout on Wescoe Beach," she said. "Before, we limited them to one table. Now, we could approve three sales on Wescoe, and there could be tables everywhere."
Eversole said that control of the space would be much more difficult now.
Eversole said the only two options for student organizations now was to provide tables of their own or to set up at the Kansas Union.
The Union provides tables for organizations if they remain on Union property. Gene Wee, reservations coordinator for the Kansas Union, said registered organizations could reserve a limited amount of space on the Union plaza or in the fourth floor lobby. Wee said no fees were charged unless the organization was sponsoring a sale at its table.
Liz Pareja, president of AIESEC, an international business organization, said she was unhappy that facilities operations would no longer provide tables for organization use.
"It will be a big disadvantage for us since we're not financially strong," said Pareja, a David, Panama, senior. "We have a lot of tables throughout the year for membership recruitment and sales to raise money for our programs. This will hurt us."
Pareja said that the change would be inconvenient for them, but that AIESEC would continue having membership tables and sales on campus.
"We have to," she said. "We have a table of our own down in our office in Summerfield. I guess we'll have to move it around."
Scholarships, jobs focus for Budig
By David Stewart
Kansan staff writer
"Today's college students are troubled, deeply troubled, by the economic uncertainties of the times," Budig said to an audience of about 250 administrators and faculty at the afternoon ceremony in the Kansas Union Ballroom.
Helping KU graduates find jobs to go along with their degrees will be one of the most important goals for improving the University, said Chancellor Gene Budig in a speech at the faculty and staff convocation yesterday.
do it quickly, because we must do it.*
Budig also said that increasing the amount of scholarship money for students would remain the primary focus of his work.
"I want the University to be more concerned with the employment placement for graduates," Budig said.
"My highest priority for post-Campaign Kansas is increasing scholarship." Budg said. "We will do it, and
do it quickly, because we must do it.
Campaign Kansas was a fund-raising effort by the University that garnered more than $250 million.
Budig said the new fund-raising target was $27.5 million.
As well as greeting familiar faces, administrators use faculty convocation officially to welcome the new staff and faculty members, said Sandra Gaut, assistant vice chancellor of academic affairs.
This year 53 new members joined the KU faculty, Gaunt said.
In his introductory speech to the faculty, Ed Meyen, executive vice chancellor, said one of the most distinguishing aspects of the professors and staff at KU was the uniquely high level of faculty participation, especially in improving University operations.
"The most important positive we have is the way this institute is governed," Meyen said. "Our faculty involvement indicates there is a collective commitment to the institution."
Meyen said the danger that institutions such as KU could suffer setbacks always existed.
Among the newly hired faculty who heard speeches by Meyen and other administrators were professors in departments ranging from bio-organic chemistry to art history.
John Pultz, assistant professor of history of art, said what impressed him most so far about KU was the apparent lack of a rigid hierarchy among the faculty.
"It's a very open environment," Pultz said.
Another new member of the faculty, David Benson, assistant professor of chemistry, said the close relationship among different disciplines would make his research work much easier and more efficient.
"Interaction is very highly prized here," Benson said. "It makes it easier to get research done."
Summer 1993 enrollment stays even with 1992
Enrollment for Summer 1993 changed little from Summer 1992 figures, indicating a leveling off for summer enrollment after a marked drop between Summer 1991 and 1992 enrollments.
Summer 1993 had a three-student increase on the Lawrence and off-campus sites, from 7,725 last summer to this year's 7,728, KU officials said. Figures from the University of Kansas Medical Center showed an increase
of 32 students, from 1,856 to 1,888 students.
The total increase for all of Summer 1963 was 35 students, KU officials said. This contrasted from a drop of about 650 students between the enrollments of Summer 1991 and Summer 1992.
Summer 1992 and 1993's steady enrollments seemed to indicate KU is providing enough classes to meet the needs of summer
students, said Rich Morrell, University registrar.
"The intention is to make sure there is a breadth to the course offerings for the summer," Morrell said.
"We want to maintain the same type of enrollment that meets those concerns, but we're not necessarily wanting to see that number increase by any significant amount."
Student charged in theft of piece of Chi-O fountain
A KU student was arrested Friday in connection with the theft of the top piece of the Chi Omega fountain, KU police reports said.
Galen Adams, Lawrence junior, was arrested a few blocks from the fountain with the piece — valued at $60 — in his possession. He was charged with theft.
According to the report, KU police officers were driving by the fountain around 1:45 a.m. and noticed the top piece was missing. A little later, the police saw Adams in a group of people with the piece.
Adams was issued a notice to appear Sept. 9 in court.
Stephenson Hall reports damage to recreation area
Stephenson Hall reported $605 in damage to its recreation room Saturday morning, according to KU police reports.
According to the report, two males broke pool cues, punched holes in the ceiling tiles, damaged the pool table covers and a wooden table top and stained the carpet.
The report has been sent to the Douglas County District Attorney's office for investigation. Chris Kenney, Douglas County charging attorney, said she would review the case to determine whether criminal charges would be filed.
Compiled by Kansan staff reports.
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