Chinese orthopaedic surgeon performs surgery wearing leg brace

Chen, with leg in brace, and his colleagues performing an operation. Photo: Handout

BEIJING: A doctor in Shanghai performed two operations with his left leg in a brace after he injured his Achilles tendon five days ago, news portal Thepaper.cn reported.

Chen Yunsu, vice-director of the orthopaedics department at the Shanghai Sixth People’s Hospital, injured his left ankle playing badminton on the morning of March 15.