Recovery Timeline for Cosmetic Height Lengthening
Follow the phases of cosmetic limb lengthening recovery, from surgery and distraction to consolidation, physiotherapy, and return to activity....
Weight-Bearing After Limb Lengthening: What to Expect, Week by Week
Understand how weight-bearing may progress after limb lengthening and why imaging, bone healing, and the device influence each stage....
Magnetic Internal Lengthening Nails Explained: How the Technology Works
Learn how magnetic internal lengthening nails gradually separate bone segments and what patients do during the distraction phase....
Comparing Lengthening Nail Systems (Precice vs. PMax vs. Fitbone)
Compare Precice, PMax, and Fitbone internal lengthening nails, including their mechanisms, weight-bearing considerations, and clinical selection....
How We Assess Body Proportions Before Cosmetic Limb Lengthening
Learn which measurements and imaging are used to assess body proportions and plan balanced cosmetic limb lengthening....
Femurs, Tibias, or Both? Choosing Which Bone to Lengthen Based on Proportions
Learn how surgeons assess body proportions when deciding whether cosmetic lengthening should involve the femur, tibia, or staged treatment....
Guided Growth vs. Osteotomy: Correcting Deformity in Kids
Compare guided growth and osteotomy for angular leg deformities in children, including timing, remaining growth, and treatment selection....
Bowed Legs (Genu Varum): When Surgery Makes Sense
Learn when bowed legs are part of normal childhood development and when persistent genu varum may require specialist assessment or surgery....
Knock Knee (Genu Valgum): Causes and Correction Options
Learn about genu valgum in children and adults, including common causes, assessment, guided growth, osteotomy, and treatment planning....
Living with Limb Length Discrepancy: Non-Surgical vs. Surgical Options
Compare shoe lifts, orthotics, and surgical options for limb length discrepancy, and learn how age, symptoms, and discrepancy size guide care....
Highly specialized expert care at CLLC
At the Canadian Limb Lengthening Centre we offer complex deformity correction and limb lengthening surgeries performed by experienced surgeons with the most up to date technologies. When it comes to your care, and treatment of deformity and limb length discrepancy, our surgeons have extensive training and experience.
