27 Limb Lengthening Stories

Limb lengthening and reconstruction techniques can be used to replace missing bone and lengthen and/ or straighten deformed bone segments in children and adults who have limb length discrepancies due to birth defects, diseases or injuries. In this process, a bone that has been cut during surgery can be gradually distracted (pulled apart), leading to new bone formation (osteogenesis) up to 15 to 100 percent of their original length. Read the stories of patients from HSS who have got back in the game after surgery.

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Avery Southbury, CT leg Image Limb Lengthening
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Shane Evansville, IN arm Image Elbow Injury/Condition
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Michael Fort Worth, TX leg Image Limb Lengthening
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Daniel Massapequa, NY leg Image Limb Lengthening
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Rafael Darien, CT leg Image Limb Lengthening
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Vincent Sea Bright, NJ leg Image Limb Lengthening
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Lara Pawling, NY leg Image Cerebral Palsy (CP)
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Maddie Nutley, NJ leg Image Limb Lengthening
Laura Gaithersburg, MD

" I’d like to report that leg lengthening is a wonderful thing. Not to say it’s a wonderful thing to need, but truly it is blessing that a leg discrepancy can be corrected. Dr. Rozbruch performed the surgery at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York to lengthen my son’s femur. I highly recommend this doctor and hospital, and the hospital staff are fantastic!"

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Greg Redding, CA

"The events that transpired since my horrific ski accident left me feeling as though I would never walk again much less ski with my children. I had shattered both my tibia and fibula and 8 surgeries prior to visiting Dr. Fragomen's office."

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Don New Paltz, NY

"Hi Dr. Rozbruch, I Can't thank you enough! The Min and Max are insignificant and my right leg and left leg are within 1 percent which is well under the standard normal difference. As a cyclist I thought you would appreciate this, and as you being my Orthopedic Surgeon I can't tell you how much this old guy appreciates you! "

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Dov Englewood, NJ

"I am telling this story after seeing and experiencing the incredible work that Dr. Rozbruch has done to better peoples lives when conventional medical advice is to say: stop running or there is nothing we can do or have more needless knee surgery. I hope that others with limb discrepancies and other similar issues can be healed by Dr. Rozbruch's fine work."

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