Watch a video: Magnetic Lengthening with the Precice © Internal nail

Jacob achieved an 8 inch lengthening of his femur in three different surgeries that occured over a 6 year period.

Our Patients' Stories in their own words
 

Treating Challenging Fractures and Nonunions

Dr. Austin T. Fragomen's recent webinar on the Compression Fraction Nail.
 

Total Hip Replacement
Dr. Rozbruch discusses total hip replacement surgery.
 

High Tibial Osteotomy for Bow Leg Correction
In this short animated video, Dr. Rozbruch describes a high tibial osteotomy for bow leg correction.
 

Lengthening for Achondroplasia
This story details a staged lengthening that happened over a 13 year period for a patient with achondroplasia.
 

Subtalar Distraction
Dr. Rozbruch gives an overview on treating arthritis of the subtalar joint with distraction surgery.
 

Amputation Reconstruction
Dr. Rozbruch describes a case where he lengthened and reconstructed a short femur so a prosthetic could be used.
 

TKR for Bowleg Deformity
Dr. Rozbruch summarizes a total knee replacement to treat a bowleg deformity and advanced arthritis.
 

New Publication
Dr. Rozbruch published an article in the Journal of Limb Lengthening & Reconstruction.
 

LSARC at HSS
Dr. Rozbruch and Dr. Fragomen open the Limb Salvage and Amputation Reconstruction Center at Hospital for Special Surgery.

Limb Lengthening Service of the Hospital for Special Surgery

TaylorFrame
Our surgeons offer surgical treatments for the correction of upper and lower limb deformities and injuries in adults and children. We help individuals with orthopaedic issues due to trauma, birth defects, infections or tumors. Our aim is to use the best tools available today — from Taylor Spatial FramesTM to internal lengthening devices, such as the Precice® Intramedullary System and the newest technology, the Novos® Nail. These tools are combined with our doctors' expert surgical techniques to achieve results many patients have only dreamed of.


We perform arm and leg lengthening and deformity correction, repair bone nonunions, and treat knee and ankle arthritis with distraction, fusion, or replacement. We correct genu valgum, commonly known as knock knee, and genu varum, or bow leg. Whether patients are suffering from arthritis, genetic deformity or the after effect of a traumatic accident, HSS's Limb Lengthening & Complex Reconstruction Service is ready to get them on the road to recovery and a new life.