Open AccessCosmetic lengthening: What are the limits?
Author(s) -
Francesco Guerreschi,
Haridimos Tsibidakis
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of children's orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.638
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1863-2548
pISSN - 1863-2521
DOI - 10.1007/s11832-016-0791-z
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , short stature , ilizarov technique , external fixator , external fixation , patient satisfaction , pediatrics
In the last decades, limb lengthening has not been limited to the treatment of patients with dwarfism and deformities resulting from congenital anomalies, trauma, tumor and infections, but, has also been used for aesthetic reasons. Cosmetic lengthening by the Ilizarov method with circular external fixation has been applied to individuals with constitutional short stature who wish to be taller.