Some men with the desire to be taller are turning to limb-lengthening surgeries to gain a few inches and escape the feeling of being judged by their physical statures. But the procedures are expensive ...

Doctors say they can typically add three inches of height during limb lengthening surgery, which is a months-long process. More people are inquiring about limb lengthening surgeries to become taller, ...

Surgery still is needed to correct malformed legs, and another procedure is done to insert the rods, which must be threaded inside the bone without causing new problems. Patients can't walk during the ...

Edmond’s Kristin Ketch became the first patient to receive the first implantable limb-lengthening device, named PRECICE in December. Born with a condition that caused one leg to be 2 inches shorter ...

Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) has named Austin T. Fragomen, MD, as Chief of the Limb Lengthening and Complex ...

More people are inquiring about limb lengthening surgeries to become taller, according to doctors. "I've been getting more inquiries than in the past, and I think that's because there are more people ...