Cases of Height Increasing

Height Increasing Technology

1. Brief  introduction

Some adult may be short in their height because of heredity, bone stunk or nanism.  By the mechanism of biological adaptability, principle of bone regeneration,   taking advantage of the external fixation to stretch the bone and soft tissue such as nerve, blood vessel, etc, these people or others who need  higher stature can get their target of increasing height.

If a person is suffering the  knee varus or ecstrophy, he should accept the orthopeady as earlier as possible in order to recover the knee function. Meanwhile, he can  also increase his height.

Height Increasing Technology is a method of orthopeady and cosmetology. By a simple operation, a set of limb lengthening equipment is installed on the leg and then the leg is gradually lengthened. The method is developed based on the technology of treating un-equal length of legs taking advantage of external skeletal fixation technology. Although Height Increasing Technology stems from “Limb Lengthening Technology”, there is an essential distinction between the both. The former is cosmetology, means making one person more beautiful, but the later is medical treatment. The former is strict with the integrated image, articulation function, and even the cosmesis of skin, besides the exact height. “Height Increasing Technology” is not simple as the “Limb Lengthening Technology”. It must be more scientific and reliable, it is the combination of “Limb Lengthening Technology” and cosmetology.  By adopting some correlation technologies, a new Height Increasing Technology system has been established. The safety and reliability are also strongly increased. Serious complications are eradicated. Common complications such as infection of pin holes are considerably decreased to the lowest. The scar of incisions and pin holes is very small. The ossification velocity of the regenerating bone is speeded up and the treatment cycle is shortened by 50~70%.

The followings are the answer to the question about “Height Increasing Technology”.

2.  About the Operation

Height increasing operation is divided into three steps: surrounding operation, lengthening and function adaptability. Now, according to the needed length, time and economic of the patient, we can supply the follow different methods.

(1) Traditional method

Height Increasing Technology produces a new bone growth line on the limb. Some steel pins are placed on the skeletal through the skin and connected to the external fixation. Thus the pins and external fixation form a limb lengthening equipment being of drawing function. After the operation, the limbs are extended regularly until the predetermined length. When the new bone hardens, the external fixation can be removed.

The period of surrounding operation is 10~14days (including pre-operation check, operation performing and treatment of post operation). The main thing of patient is taking rest and some legs exercise in the bed. He may also do some standing exercise;

The lengthening period is: Celemeters lengthen X 20+90(days);

The period of function adaptability is 1~3 months.

(2) Method of combining fixation with locked nail

This method is based on the traditional one. A locked nail is placed in the medullary cavity. Thus the external limb lengthening equipment can be removed as soon as the limb is extended to the predetermined length. With this method, the contraction, rotation and bending of the lengthened limb can be efficiently prevented, the period of using external fixations  is shortened and this is also beneficial to the ossification of new bone and the recovery of limb function.

The period of surrounding operation is 10~14days;

The lengthening period is: Celemeters lengthen X 15~20+15(days); 

The period of function adaptability is 1~3 months.

When the new bone gets consolidation(1~1.5 year after the first operation), the patient needs to be in hospital for 15 days to extract the nail.

(3) Height increasing in two times

On the base of the method 2, the pre-determined length can be reached by two times. For example, if you want to increase 10 cm, you may firstly increase 5 cm, 1~2 years later, you may secondly increase another 5 cm. The advantages of this method are:  the lengthened extent is larger, it is convenient to arrange your time, the reaction during the lengthening is light, the joint function can be recovered in shorter time.

3. The area of operation

The tibia and  femur.

4. Indication, complication, and sequelae of Height Increasing Technology

(1) Indication

Adult (less than 45 years old) and the youth who has stopped growth. The patient should have no any pathology in the bone, nerve, blood vessel and skin.

The person with serious bone and articulation deformity should accept the operation earlier as possible in order to get the synchronous orthopedic and recover the limb function.

(2) Complication

Some complication may be caused duo to the bad factors of lengthening equipment,  operation technique and medical environment. But, among the more than 2000 cases (including 300 limb lengthening) which our institute has treated using external skeletal fixation technology , there is no any serious complication. Occasionally, there is a low-grade infection of pin holes and this can be controlled at once by simple treatment. There is occasionally very few part to be adjusted remedily.

(3)  Sequelae

Through seven years of clinic observation, except the scar of pin hole, there is no any kind of serious sequelae for the lengthening process.

5. The length of stretch

On the face of operation and technology, the length can be got as how much you want. But for everyone, the length should be determined according to his particular situation . It is better to lengthen less than 10 cm for each tibia or 8 cm for each femur. Of cause, the pre-determined length can be adjusted during the process.

6. The pain degree

In  three days after the operation, there is a middle degree of pain and the anodyne is needed. In the early stage of lengthening,  the pain degree is light and generally the anodyne is not needed. In the later stage of lengthening ( exceed 5 cm) or the lengthening speed is too high, the pain degree is serious. If necessary, the anodyne or the paramedical treatment may be taken. The lengthening speed may be decreased.

7. Hospitalization and check

The patient may stay in hospital through all the treatment procedure or be hospitalization in stages. If the patient wants to leave hospital during the lengthening and function adaptability,  2~3 weeks later after the operation, he can go home and lengthen or be recovered by himself. But the patient should come to hospital for check one or two times every month according to the doctor's demand. If the home is far away from the hospital, the patient may take X-ray at local hospital and mail it to us. When the pre-determined length is reached, the patient is in hospital again to accept the adjustment and removing the lengthening equipment.

8. Cost

The total cost of medical treatment is about US$10,000.

9. Recovery

Because all the tissue of the lengthened limbs need a procedure of reconstruction and rehabilitation, in two years after the operation, the patient can not take part in the strenuous exercise. Two years later, the limb function is completely recovered and the patient can attend the normal exercise.

10. Others

(1) In order to get a good cooperation between doctor and patient, the two sides need to sign an "Operation Agreement".

(2) If a person decides to accept the operation, please contact our institute two weeks in advance.

(3) Contact :

Tel: 0086-10-63288451 (8:00~18:00), 0086-10-63288452(after 18:00)

Add: Beijing Institute of External Skeletal Fixation Technology,

Gaoxin Tower 1306Room , No.1 Southbinhe Road, Guang an men Xuanwuqu, Beijing, 100055

China.