A nine-year-old boy suffering with fibular hemimelia - who has one leg an inch shorter than the other - has become the first person in the UK to have surgery to finally help him stand taller www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #UKsurgeons #leglengthening #surgery
Nick Peterson, a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Alder Hey said Alfie's case "paves the way for this technique to replace that old fashioned way of doing things".
#LegLengthening is life changing for this wee soul.
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NHS urges people to avoid ‘extremely painful’ leg-lengthening surgery www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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The NHS has urged people to avoid ‘extremely painful’ leg-lengthening surgery warning of the risk of infection, nerve damage and disability www.theguardian.com/society/2025... #leglengthening #cosmeticsurgery
Teen who had controversial surgery to grow 13 inches reveals what she looks like now www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic... #cosmeticsurgery #leglengthening