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2. Distraction osteogenesis - Wikipedia

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   In India, cosmetic limb-lengthening surgery is a high demand but also unregulated industry. [12] [13] Height is highly attractive in India and cosmetic limb-lengthening has been used by some young Indians to improve marriage and career prospects. [14] Others have used it in preparation for a new job in another country such as the United States ...

3. Leg-lengthening surgery is gaining popularity among men ... - AOL

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   Leg lengthening surgery has become increasingly popular in the last five years, bringing one man from 5’7” to 5'10". ... chief of the limb lengthening and complex reconstruction service at the ...

4. Anthropometric cosmetology - Wikipedia

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   Before tibial lengthening Period of tibial lengthening Tibia before correction and tibia after correction, immediately after Ilizarov apparatus removal Correction of X-shaped curvature Anthropometric cosmetology ( Anthropometry from Greek Ανθρωπος, "man") is the medical practice to correct or modify deformities in the upper and lower ...

5. Ilizarov apparatus - Wikipedia

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   In medicine, the Ilizarov apparatus is a type of external fixation apparatus used in orthopedic surgery to lengthen or to reshape the damaged bones of an arm or a leg; used as a limb-sparing technique for treating complex fractures and open bone fractures; and used to treat an infected non-union of bones, which cannot be surgically resolved.

6. Limb lengthening surgery makes patients taller - AOL

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7. Gavriil Ilizarov - Wikipedia

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   Gavriil Abramovich Ilizarov (Russian: Гавриил Абрамович Илизаров; 15 June 1921 – 24 July 1992) was a Soviet physician, known for inventing the Ilizarov apparatus for lengthening limb bones and for the method of surgery named after him, the Ilizarov surgery. [1]

8. Leg-lengthening surgery is gaining popularity among men ... - AOL

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   Leg-lengthening is an intense and expensive process, but it has become more popular and accepted in the last five years, a doctor said. ... chief of the limb lengthening and complex reconstruction ...

9. Tissue expansion - Wikipedia

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   Other newer devices such as the orthofix and intramedullary skeletal kinetic distractor (ISKD) are also used for limb lengthening. It can add over 6 inches per bone, but is expensive, painful, and time-consuming (each procedure lasts around 8–12 months). [citation needed]