Limb Lengthening / Height increase
Limb Lengthening at Ladisten Clinic is safe and effective solution if you have short stature, dwarfism or other orthopedic or cosmetic reasons for limb lengthening. The results achieved can vary from 6 to 12 cm.
While the internet's full of promises to make people taller with help of pills, exercises, only one thing can assure height increase in adult: limb lengthening. Although there is still much resistance and skepticism from the orthopaedic community, limb lengthening has already proven to be a very powerful and effective procedure.
For the treatment of limb lengthening men and women, adults and children are accepted. To be sure limb lengthening is right option for your case, first start with our FAQ page where many issue regarding limb lengthening are covered. You may also contact us via phone +380.44.222.8054 or Online to schedule a consultation.
We will need to see you at Ladisten. You will get consultation to evaluate your state and your case. X-rays might be taken at the time of this visit. The surgeon will examine you, and together you will discuss limb lengthening.
You may consider Limb Lengthening, if
- You are extremely unhappy with your height which is below average (cosmetic limb lengthening)
- You have one limb length differences - one leg shorter than the other due to trauma or congenital deformity
- You are experiencing back pain due to a leg length discrepancy
In some cases you may be assigned to a psychologist to examine your state and provide the guidance to you before being accepted as a candidate for cosmetic limb lengthening. The mental health, psychological stability is needed to take the surgery, as hight increase requires patience, understanding that there will be some suffering. Your cooperation and positive attitudes to get better results are also expected. On the long run that all will help you much. Basing on results of psychologist gives us you will get further guidance according further tests.
You will need to pay the entire cost before the operation will be performed. The average cost of cosmetic Limb Lengthening is 17000 Euro, but pricing for each particular case can differ, so please contact us for evaluation and precise numbers.
If the Clinic stay is longer than agreed initially, additional charges will apply.
Method of limb lengthening: the core of the method is of course Ilizarov method in the base of treatment. We perform micro-surgery and Ilizarov-Veklich device applied for limb lengthening period.
You may expect to stay in the Ladisten hospital for all the period after surgery. If problems occur, your hospital stay might be longer. Next, you begin daily physical therapy as an outpatient. During lengthening, you will not be able to walk. You will be in a wheelchair and will be allowed weight bearing, only for transferring from chair to bed or bed to chair. Although each case is unique, the rate of lengthening set to be 1 mm/day or 3 cm/month.
While your stay at clinic during the limb lengthening process, we provide care giving, you do not need family or friends to be available to help.
Even after the lengthening is completed, you cannot bear weight right away. You will have to wait until the X-rays show that the bone is sufficiently healed to permit full weight bearing. This usually takes one or two months after the lengthening stops but can take longer in some cases. If the bone does not heal, bone grafting will be required, but this is not common.
And although the Ilizarov-Veklich device and operation itself is the less-risky and less intrusive than other methods of limb lengthening, complications are still possible.
These can be discussed with you in detail during your evaluation visit or before operation, you may call or email at info[at]ladisten[dot]com all of your concerns, we will be happy to answer. In most cases, these problems are unlikely, but, if occur, they can usually be corrected by surgery in our Clinic.
The majority of our patients achieve excellent results without significant complications. To date, all our patients who have undergone cosmetic stature lengthening have been able to return to normal function, including sports activities, within one or two years after the lengthening.
In more complicated cases, with unequal length of limbs, like PFFD, patients who were seen as people with disabilities in many countries can now back to normal lives.
For more information about limb lengthening and height increase please call Ladisten Clinic +380.44.222.8054 or Contact Us Online to schedule a consultation.
The vision of the conditions and procedures will apply until the end of 2008. They may be the subject to change in the future years.
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