How Limb Lengthening Surgery Works - Yale Medicine Explains
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- Опубликовано: 11 июл 2024
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A limb length discrepancy is, quite simply, a difference in size between the length of an individual’s arms or legs, and can occur in the upper and lower portions of each. The difference in length can range from a fraction of an inch to several inches. Many of us have slight difference between the lengths of our arms or legs, but often the discrepancy is so slight that it presents no problems. The greater the difference, however, the more likely it will cause pain or interfere with activities. Limb length discrepancies can be present at birth or can happen as the result of trauma. For instance, if a broken bone is in a crooked position as it heals, it might stay that way, resulting in that limb becoming shorter than the other arm or leg. Although it is not a limb, the two sides of the pelvic bone can also be uneven-typically due to an underlying skeletal condition present at birth. When this happens, the spine has to adjust to the difference, which can lead to back and hip pain or arthritis, as well as other gait or walking problems, explains David Frumberg, MD, a Yale Medicine orthopaedic surgeon. “Much like a building, if the structure is uneven, the rest of the building has to accommodate that.” Fortunately, limb lengthening surgery can treat the discrepancy, though it is a process that takes months. The first step, Dr. Frumberg explains, is an initial surgery in which the bone is cut in such a way that it can be slowly lengthened. This may be done with an external device that connects to the bone through the skin or a motorized rod that goes inside the bone. This technology uses an external device with a control that gradually extends the length of the bone, typically 0.75 to 1 millimeter per day. Throughout the day, very slowly, the device lengthens the limb until a point called “consolidation” is reached, Dr. Frumberg explains. “At this phase, the body has achieved its desired length and made new-or regenerated-bone. We then have to ensure that when the rod is removed, which typically occurs 10 to 12 months after the initial surgery, the structure will be able to support itself.” At Yale, specially trained surgeons rely on sophisticated 3D technology to achieve ideal results. “The technology is making all of this much easier and safer for patients,” Dr. Frumberg says. In this video, Dr. Frumberg talks more about limb lengthening surgery.
0:00 - Introduction
1:28 - Limb Lengthening Surgery
3:10 - Advancing Technology
Guys i will undergo this surgery on may in turkey from my tibias 6 cm, wish me luck and smooth recovery.
are you not scared of the risk to never be running ever again
@@jacobjasinsky9216 as long as i can walk, there is no problem
Inshallah my friend
@@jacobjasinsky9216 it is an extremely small risk, i am optimistic about the output of this surgery my friend
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With all the advancement in biotechnology, It is surprising that Limb lengthening is still medieval in comparison. Lot of pain and suffering involved as the procedure involved is largely mechanical.
It’s bc taller guys are the ones who put heightism in place and don’t want avg guys to be their height. It’s the same with skin color, eyes color, etc. every other surgery is enforced
@@Naomi-xu4hq agree except for skin color. A Tyrone would still mog you to oblivion despite being a JBW coper.
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If you meant medieval like they have to break bones to get taller, I have a bad news for you - breaking the bone will always be needed to get taller. The mechanism behind human bone growth is simple - the body needs instruction to be able to grow albeit it can always grow new bones. When we were kids, our limbs aren't fully calcified hard bones and the end of each major limb bone is actually a cartilage that can be expanded naturally by the body to add length. However, this cartilage eventually turns into hard bones once we reach an age typically at 20 and our body has no way to grow the length because the bone is fully calcified. This is why the surgeons have to break the hard bone in the middle to separate them to allow body to grow bones for this surgery. It's sad but remember that many people, even in this developed countries, aren't really up to their potential height because of many factors when they were kids. Some people simply just missed the chance to maximize growth when they were having a growth spurt.
@@hikarichoichiro5557 What if they can use stem cells in the near future to stimulate the growth plates to reopen?
This video was well put together ! I’ll be having limb length surgery soon . I have one leg shorter than other since birth . I walk kind of weird but not too noticeable at all , I’m 5’4 so tht prolly why it isn’t as noticeable until I take my clothes off it’s very obvious in hip area . Curious if I do get this surgery will I be a bit taller ??
You wont grow unless you get limb lengthening on both legs which is considered cosmetic surgery at that point in time
I'm about 5'11 and wish I could have this done. The cost is very high though, but it also looks to be painful and a long recovery process. I don't know, having grown up in Turkey I never felt like I was judged for my height. The fixation around height in men appears to be primarily a western phenomenon, primarily more American and British. I'm not sure why this is, but, there are nations where height doesn't determine your worth as a man.
THIS IS MY DOCTER I LOVE YOU DR FRUMBERG HE DID MY SURGURY!
Why?
Watched too much Baki.
@@Anon26535 lol
alot of pain
But worthit
@@jaysecond42 u know l would say the same thing if l didnt see one of my fimily went under the same tretment how he couldnt sleep on the broken leg side for months how he wished to sleep on that side how he didnt move from bed couldnt go to bathroom and cry in pain and man he was so afraied when they told him its time to remove the thing inside his leg after one year
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My friend underwent that surgery couple of years ago, and he is ten times happier than he was before.
@@jaysecond42 its a brutal exprince a hope anyone go for it thinks about if they can endure the pain
@@jood-or5mn Nah man mental sickness is brutal experience