Leg lengthening surgery

Limb lengthening surgery is a procedure that can make an arm or leg bone longer. 🦵 Surgeons may perform limb lengthening surgery on the: - Humerus (upper arm bone). - Radius/ulna (forearm bones). - Femur (thigh bone). - Tibia (shin bone). If you are curious of limb lengthening surgery check out our article below. 👇

After his crush thought he was too short at 5’5”, Dynzell Sigers, 27, underwent a painful limb lengthening surgery on his legs, relearning how to walk in order to grow to 6 feet tall

Leg lengthening surgery using an internal fixation device and a magnetic instrument provides an innovative alternative to external cages and wires.

Complex tibial fracture with an External Fixator - lots of fragments means lots of pins. External Fixation is a good option for children because once they heal - the pins come out and the bone can still grow.

This patient has undergone leg lengthening and deformity correction surgery at the same time. He/she had tibial lengthening 6cm by LON surgical method and corrected the bowlegs. As long as leg deformity is not severe, the patient can undergo leg lengthening surgery correcting the leg deformity at the same time.

Limb Length discrepancy is a medical condition due to which the patient suffers a difference between the lengths of their arms or legs. A leg length discrepancy is usually noticeable as a person grows up and it can be a condition that developed at birth or due to some illness or injury; thus, it can cause a length discrepancy to develop over time. #hair transplant #hair transplant surgery #limb lengthening #limb lengthening surgery #bul md

1 year after undergoing cosmetic leg lengthening surgery with Lengthening Over Nail (LON) method. This patient has increased 6.5cm in both tibia. LON method is with external fixator and internal fixator which allows faster recovery compared conventional external fixating method.

This patient had tibial lengthening (2cm) + femoral lengthening (2cm) to treat leg length discrepancy by PRECICE. Not only for cosmetic leg lengthening surgery, PRECICE and STRYDE are useful surgical methods for treating the pathological conditions such as leg length discrepancy as well.

This patient treated 2.1cm of leg length discrepancy by undergoing the tibial lengthening surgery using PRECICE surgical method. PRECICE is not only useful for cosmetic leg lengthening surgery, but also treating the pathological condition such as leg length discrepancy.

One of the most feared things before having limb lengthening surgery by the patients is if their body proportions will be disrupted or not. Most patients especially fear that their arms and trunk will be shorter compared to their legs after having 2 leg lengthening surgeries. In this article, you can reach all the information about body proportions after limb lengthening.