Connecticut: Some short men are really self-conscious about their height. This is the reason why an increasing number of short men in the US are turning to surgery to increase their height.
Dr. David Furmberg, co-director of the Yale Limb Restoration and Lengthening Program, said limb lengthening procedures have been around for decades and are usually used to correct diseases and birth defects that cause both legs or one leg to be shortened. has been used for
“At first you basically convince the body that it has a hairline fracture, at which point the body initiates a healing response,” he said. Then you would slowly detach the bone and the body’s healing response would continue for the desired length.
However, Fermberg said recent new technology has made it much easier to add inches to one or both legs with the help of a telescoping rod inserted into the leg bone.
In this innovative procedure, an orthopedic surgeon gently breaks a bone in a person’s leg, keeping the blood supply intact, and then inserts a titanium rod down the length of the bone.
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