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Limb lengthening surgery is a highly specialized orthopedic procedure that mechanically stimulates bone growth to elongate the arms and/or legs. It’s perform…
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Our bones and muscles function as an integrated system. Each relies on the other for strength, stability, and movement, and when one changes, the other must…
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Most of us know that bones need calcium to stay strong, but few people stop to think about the actual structure or what keeps them healthy over a lifetime.
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Limb lengthening is one of the most metabolically demanding tasks you can ask your skeleton to perform. During distraction osteogenesis, your body has to gro…
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The holidays are a time for family, friends, and travel – but recovery from surgery can make getting from point A to point B more challenging.
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People pursue limb lengthening for various reasons: to correct limb discrepancies caused by congenital conditions or diseases like rickets; to enhance propor…
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If you’re thinking about limb lengthening, whether to correct a leg-length discrepancy or maybe gain a little extra height, the cost is probably one of your…
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Pain. It’s the one word that makes many of us second-guess almost any medical procedure, especially something as involved as limb lengthening. You’ve heard s…
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Picture this: you’ve decided to look into leg lengthening, maybe to fix a discrepancy or gain a bit of height. You feel pretty good about your decision, but…
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If you’re exploring and researching limb lengthening, you’ve probably come across the terms “external fixation” and “internal fixation” more than once. On th…
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The good news is that the answer to that question is a solid ‘no.’
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Have you ever thought about limb lengthening but wondered if you’ve missed the boat because of your age? The older you get, the scarier the thought of surger…
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Have you ever glanced in the mirror and wondered if there was a way to become just a bit taller or balance out a limb discrepancy, without going through surg…
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Let’s be honest: at some point, many of us have looked in the mirror and wondered what it would be like to be just a bit taller. The world around us seems to…
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Are you on the fence about whether or not to undergo limb lengthening? If so, this article might help, as we reveal the pros and cons to help you make an inf…
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What happens when a medical decision sparks more opinions than support? The procedure itself is just one hurdle – facing stigma from friends, family, and eve…
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