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PHOTOS: Elk Grove boy recovers after rare knee surgery

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ByLyanne Melendez KGO logo
Thursday, April 13, 2017
  • Chris Formaker in recovery at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford following his rotationplasty surgery, a surgical alternative to amputation to help treat osteocarcoma.
  • Chris Formaker is seen wearing a prosthetic leg inside a medical room at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford in this undated image.
  • Chris Formaker is seen walking using a prosthetic leg in the hallway of Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford in this undated image.
  • Chris Formaker is seen smiling inside a medical room at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford in this undated image.
  • The Formaker family leaves their hotel in Palo Alto, CA, the morning of Chris’s rotationplasty surgery on May 7, 2015.
  • Chris Formaker wears a prosthetic leg fitted to his new knee joint as he poses with his former basketball team on March25, 2017.
Chris Formaker in recovery at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford following his rotationplasty surgery, a surgical alternative to amputation to help treat osteocarcoma.
Photo submitted to KGO-TV by the Formaker family

ELK GROVE, Calif. (KGO) -- A young boy and Warriors fan is now able to play basketball after doctors performed rare knee surgery on him at Stanford's Lucile Packard Children's Hospital.

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