Our surgeons offer surgical treatments for the correction of upper and lower limb deformities, length discrepancies, and injuries in adults and children. We help individuals with orthopaedic problems due to trauma, birth defects, infections or bone tumors. We use the best tools available today including Precice® motorized magnetic lengthening and compression nails, automated hexapod external fixation, osseointegration limb reconstruction, patient specific anatomic plating, and more. These tools are combined with our surgeons’ expert surgical techniques to achieve the optimal results patients desire.
We perform arm and leg lengthening, limb malalignment correction, repair of bone non-unions, and treat hip, knee and ankle arthritis with distraction, fusion, or replacement. Along with limb length discrepancy, we correct genu valgum, commonly known as knock knee, and genu varum, or bowleg. We are experts at both limb salvage and amputation reconstruction. Whether patients are suffering from arthritis, genetic deformity, bone tumors, or the effects of a traumatic accident, the Limb Lengthening & Complex Reconstruction Service of Hospital for Special Surgery is ready to get them on the road to recovery and an improved quality of life.
Conditions We Treat
We treat many conditions and deformities, including the following:
Watch, Read, Learn
Dr. Rozbruch meets with patient after Osseointegration Limb Replacement Surgery
Dr. Rozbruch’s patient Petra 17 months after femur osseointegration surgery shares her story.
Dr. Reif with Bilateral Femur Protection Patient
“He was turned away by multiple other surgeons who said there was nothing wrong! See how much better his gait becomes after correction.”
Dr. Hoellwarth Helps Limb Trauma Patient
“I proposed compressing the fracture, and we were able to remove the frame five months later with the bone healed!”
Dr. Fragomen Presents at BLRS Conference
“My keynote talks at the British Limb Reconstruction Society Conference on non-union repair, rotation, knock knee, and bowlegs created lively discussions.”
Limb Lengthening team publishes second edition of their world renown Case Atlas featuring almost 500 clinical cases:
Ezra is a 20 year-old male who weighs 380 pounds and has a 29° varus bowleg, deformity and knee pain. What can you do? Although a challenging case correction of the deformity is essential for Ezra to maintain a future of mobility. #bowleg #bowlegged #blountsdisease note postop that he has complete correction of deformity and significant improvement in the congruity and mechanics of his knee. Left side, which is a smaller deformity is next. #Rozbruch #aaos #llrs #orthopedicsurgery #liveyourbestlife @all4ortho #orthopedicsurgeon #hospitalforspecialsurgery #limblengthening @hspecialsurgery @limbdeformity @reifmd #SRobertRozbruchMD www.limblengthening.com www.hss.edu/limblengthening www.hss.edu/LSARC #hssLLCRS #HSSlimbLengthening
William age 77 had his life turned upside down by a bad pilon fracture that turned into a disaster with an infected bone defect. We discussed options of limb salvage vs Osseointegration Limb Replacement Surgery. Just a few months after Osseointegration Limb Replacement Surgery he is walking independently with no pain #osseointegrationlimbreplacement #osseointegrationgroup #OPLimplant #osseointegrationsurgery #ALMimplant #ALMorthoimplant @almorthoinc https://www.hss.edu/osseointegration-limb-replacement.asp #osseointegration #amputationsurgery #amputee #cyborgsworld @cyborgsworld #amputeelife #amputeestrong #amputation #osseointegrationUSA www.osseointegrationUSA.com #prostheticlimb #prostheticleg #prostheticsandorthotics #limbreplacementsurgery #Rozbruch #aaos #llrs #orthopedicsurgery #liveyourbestlife @all4ortho #orthopedicsurgeon #hospitalforspecialsurgery #limblengthening @hspecialsurgery @limbdeformity @reifmd #SRobertRozbruchMD www.limblengthening.com www.hss.edu/limblengthening www.hss.edu/LSARC #hssLLCRS #HSSlimbLengthening
Catherine had an 18 mm #leglengthdiscrepancy after total hip replacement. Since it was an otherwise good THR, I lengthened the other side to make her symmetrical #precicenail #Rozbruch #aaos #llrs #orthopedicsurgery #liveyourbestlife @all4ortho #orthopedicsurgeon #hospitalforspecialsurgery #limblengthening @hspecialsurgery @limbdeformity @reifmd #SRobertRozbruchMD www.limblengthening.com www.hss.edu/limblengthening www.hss.edu/LSARC #hssLLCRS #HSSlimbLengthening
Ms R was a teenager when she developed #crps #complexregionalpainsyndrome and couldn’t walk after a left hip scope, despite a hip replacement. She is now 4 months after osseointegration @osseointernational featuring a @strykertrauma plate to bridge the implants with a @brainrobotics knee and @willowwoodglobal foot provided by Brian Little at @bionicpo in #northcarolina
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Tamar had an untreated congenital #leglengthdiscrepancy 6.5 cm from both femur and tibia and an #anklecontracture Good for femur #precicenail and tibia LATN lengthening and then nailing so we could also address the ankle equinus. Tibia nailing planned this week so frame comes off. #Rozbruch #aaos #llrs #orthopedicsurgery #liveyourbestlife @all4ortho #orthopedicsurgeon #hospitalforspecialsurgery #limblengthening @hspecialsurgery @limbdeformity @reifmd #SRobertRozbruchMD www.limblengthening.com www.hss.edu/limblengthening www.hss.edu/LSARC #hssLLCRS #HSSlimbLengthening
Ms L slipped in a restaurant 4 months ago and sustained a #patella #fracture #patellafracture . One doctor recommended she try recovering without surgery, but I did not feel that was likely to succeed. Like a prior patient example, I placed screws through her knee cap. And advanced her through a progressive recovery. At three months she was regaining strength to straighten her knee. Now at four months from surgery, her incision has healed excellently, and she is out of the brace and walking, albeit somewhat stiff. She will get some PT to help with balance and strength. Check back in a few months to see her full recovery!
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This is the 6 month story of Ms P, a bilateral tibia #amputee of two years’ duration. She demonstrates the donning and doffing of her @osseointernational implants wearing @proteorusa prosthetic feet assembled and aligned by @hkafedzic at @eschen_neops_po . She feels so luxurious she feels this is the @cadillac #cadillac of legs!
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@osseointernational
Daniel from Puerto Rico had a scheduled transtibial amputation for chronic foot and ankle pain and deformity post trauma. All done in a single stage with a custom implant and nerve reconstruction #osseointegrationlimbreplacement #osseointegrationgroup #OPLimplant #osseointegrationsurgery #ALMimplant #ALMorthoimplant @almorthoinc https://www.hss.edu/osseointegration-limb-replacement.asp #osseointegration #amputationsurgery #amputee #cyborgsworld @cyborgsworld #amputeelife #amputeestrong #amputation #osseointegrationUSA www.osseointegrationUSA.com #prostheticlimb #prostheticleg #prostheticsandorthotics #limbreplacementsurgery #Rozbruch #aaos #llrs #orthopedicsurgery #liveyourbestlife @all4ortho #orthopedicsurgeon #hospitalforspecialsurgery #limblengthening @hspecialsurgery @limbdeformity @reifmd #SRobertRozbruchMD www.limblengthening.com www.hss.edu/limblengthening www.hss.edu/LSARC #hssLLCRS #HSSlimbLengthening
