Boy first in UK to have pioneering leg-lengthening surgery Alfie Phillips, 9, had the pioneering treatment at Liverpool's Alder Hey Children's Hospital.

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

Boy first in UK to have pioneering leg-lengthening surgery Alfie Phillips, 9, had the pioneering treatment at Liverpool's Alder Hey Children's Hospital.

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 Patients who opt for surgery, which is storyline in Materialists film, warned they risk infection, nerve damage and disability

NHS urges people to avoid ‘extremely painful’ leg-lengthening surgery www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
#leglengthening #surgery

NHS urges people to avoid ‘extremely painful’ leg-lengthening surgery Patients who opt for surgery, which is storyline in Materialists film, warned they risk infection, nerve damage and disability

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 surgery to grow 13 inches reveals what she looks like now The 31-year-old from Maryland was born with achondroplasia, a genetic condition that most commonly results in short stature.

Teen who had controversial surgery to grow 13 inches reveals what she looks like now www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic... #cosmeticsurgery #leglengthening