Lengthening the lower limbs of short stature patients to increase their height is a surgical procedure we undertake exclusively in cases of dysharmonic hyposomia, the most common of which is achondroplasia. The achondroplastic is a dwarf (mean height in adulthood does not exceed 125–130 centimetres) in whom the limbs are noticeably disproportional to the trunk. In hypochondroplasia, this discrepancy is less apparent and in adulthood stature may even exceed that of the achondroplastic by 20 centimetres.

Related Organizations

University of Verona
Italy
University of Padua
Italy

Keywords

Tibia, Bone Lengthening, Bone Screws, Humans, Growth Plate, Osteochondrodysplasias, Achondroplasia, Orthopedic Fixation Devices

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