Boy (12) becomes first in Ireland to have pioneering hip procedure

Surgeon carries out transplant in Temple Street hospital after training in US.

A 12-year-old boy has become the first person in Ireland to undergo a new transplant procedure to replace a damaged hip joint using a donor femoral head bone and cartilage.

The child was in acute pain for almost a year before the surgery was carried out last week and was unable to walk, go to school or sleep properly.

Full story at the Irish Times