Our practice offers surgical treatments for the correction of upper and lower limb deformities, length discrepancies, and injuries in adults and children. We help individuals with orthopaedic problems due to trauma, birth defects, infections or bone tumors. Our surgeons use the best tools available today including Precice® motorized magnetic lengthening and compression nails, automated hexapod external fixation, osseointegration limb reconstruction, patient specific anatomic plating, and more. These tools are combined with our surgeons’ expert surgical techniques to achieve the optimal results patients desire.
We perform arm and leg lengthening, limb malalignment correction, repair of bone non-unions, and treat hip, knee and ankle arthritis with distraction, fusion, or replacement. Along with limb length discrepancy, we correct genu valgum, commonly known as knock knee, and genu varum, or bowleg. Our surgeons are experts at both limb salvage and amputation reconstruction. Whether patients are suffering from arthritis, genetic deformity, bone tumors, or the effects of a traumatic accident, the Limb Lengthening & Complex Reconstruction Service of Hospital for Special Surgery is ready to get them on the road to recovery and an improved quality of life.
Limb Lengthening Conditions We Treat
We treat many conditions and deformities, including the following:
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Ask Dr. Rozbruch: What is Limb Lengthening?
Dr. Rozbruch explains what Limb Lengthening is, and how altering a limb can help someone with a limb length discrepancy.
Dr. Reif with Bilateral Femur Protection Patient
“He was turned away by multiple other surgeons who said there was nothing wrong! See how much better his gait becomes after correction.”
Dr. Hoellwarth Helps Limb Trauma Patient
“I proposed compressing the fracture, and we were able to remove the frame five months later with the bone healed!”
Dr. Fragomen Presents at BLRS Conference
“My keynote talks at the British Limb Reconstruction Society Conference on non-union repair, rotation, knock knee, and bowlegs created lively discussions.”
Limb Lengthening team publishes second edition of their world renown Case Atlas featuring almost 500 clinical cases:
Sloan from Michigan with #russellsilversyndrome had tibia lengthening with an external fixator at age 5. Now as a teenager I performed her second lengthening in the femur with a #precicenail We achieved correction of leg length discrepancy with 6 cm of lengthening. guided growth also done to correct valgus alignment. Two staged lengthening surgeries is a good strategy for many congenital LLD situations #hsskids #hssllcrs #hsslimblengthening
Fundraiser @hspecialsurgery event to support OR colleagues in need. Play That Funky Music – Wild Cherry @electricsledgehammerofthegods
Fundraiser @hspecialsurgery event to help colleagues in need. Rockstar for night. Another Brick in the Wall – Pink Floyd @electricsledgehammerofthegods
It was great to attend the movie premiere of “Stronger Than You Think” a documentary about the journey of my patient Ali Truit from shark attack trauma, her recovery journey, to double silver medalist winner at the Paris Paralympics. It’s a very inspiring story that will touch and influence many people. It was a privilege to be there and support Ali and I was honored to have had some FaceTime in the movie as well. #strongerthanyouthink @alitruwit I attended with my surgical partner, plastic surgeon @dr.otterburnmd
