New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery has appointed Austin Fragomen, MD, as chief of its Limb Lengthening and Complex Reconstruction Service, one of the leading programs of its kind ...

Leg length inequality is common. Treatment objectives include obtaining leg length equality, producing a level pelvis, and improving function. Clinical assessment should include determination of a ...

At 5’7”, Alex considered himself short. The 26-year-old, who asked that his real name not be used to maintain his privacy, said he was sick of insults and jeering comments about his height. Shorter ...

More people than ever before are making themselves taller with surgery. But while this can improve lives, some are left with ...

A Colorado boy is now recovering from his seventh surgery. Over eight years ago, his father tried to kill both of them by crashing a car in Centennial. Isaiah Weitzel was just two years old at the ...

For decades, breaking someone’s legs to make them taller was a brutal solution for children born with one leg shorter than the other or patients recovering from catastrophic injuries. Now, more and ...