Limb lengthening continues to be a real challenge to both the patient and the orthopaedic
surgeon. Although it is not a difficult operative problem, there is a long and exhausting …

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The PRECICE® Intramedullary Limb Lengthening System (Ellipse Technologies Inc., CA,
USA) is a remotely controlled, magnetically driven, implantable limb lengthening …

Background Many people have leg-length discrepancies of greater or lesser severity. No
evidence-based studies on the need for treatment are currently available. Methods This …

Aims Patients undergoing femoral lengthening by external fixation tolerate treatment less
well when compared to tibial lengthening. Lengthening of the femur with an intramedullary …

Background: Circular external fixation for limb-lengthening is associated with frequent and
numerous complications. Intramedullary lengthening devices represent a potential advance …

Distraction osteogenesis has been used for more than 50 years to address limb-length
discrepancy and deformity. Intramedullary fixation has been used in conjunction with …

Aims The Precice intramedullary limb-lengthening system has demonstrated significant
benefits over external fixation lengthening methods, leading to a paradigm shift in limb …

Background and purpose—In recent years motorized intramedullary lengthening nails have
become increasingly popular. Complications are heterogeneously reported in small case …

The Taylor spatial frame (TSF) is a hexapod external fixator that can correct six-axis
deformities. The mathematical base of all hexapod systems is projective geometry, which …