{"id":279,"date":"2019-08-02T22:30:21","date_gmt":"2019-08-02T20:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radler-ortho.com\/?page_id=279"},"modified":"2020-06-29T13:12:40","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T11:12:40","slug":"beinverlaengerung","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/radler-ortho.com\/en\/kinder\/beinverlaengerung\/","title":{"rendered":"Limb Lengthening"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Shortening of a limb can be congenital, can occur in the context of metabolic disorders or syndromes, or can result from trauma and fracture. It often occurs together with an axial malalignment <\/a>(bowlegs or knock-knees). Depending on the amount of the length discrepancy<\/a>,<\/strong> different options for treatment are available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lengthening Nails<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A lengthening nail<\/a> (Precice; NuVasive, Inc., San Diego, California, USA) is inserted into the bone. It can then be slowly, gradually distracted with the use of external remote control until the desired length is achieved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Phase 1: Insertion of the lengthening nail after osteotomy (cutting of the bone) (image: OSS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Phase 2: Gradual distraction of the nail and bone (image: OSS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Phase 3: New bone is regenerating (image: OSS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Phase 4: After the bone has healed, the nail can be removed (image: OSS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

External Fixation<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If shortening of the bone is combined with a complex deformity, a six-axis external fixation frame<\/a>, such as the Taylor spatial frame (Smith & Nephew, Memphis, Tennessee, USA), can be used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Growth Modulation<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes lengthening of the shorter limb is not the best choice. For minor limb-length discrepancies, or if your child is predicted to grow excessively tall, the longer limb can be prevented from further growth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is done by closing (destroying) one or both growth plates near the knee during a short surgery. A bone bar forms in the area of the growth plate and stops further growth from that plate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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