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:
Marne from Michigan just a few months post single stage Osseointegration Limb Replacement Surgery #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
Gur from Israel after plate assisted bone segment transport PABST reconstruction of a 16 cm bone defect, resulting from bone cancer excision. #bonedefect #bonedefectreconstruction #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
Sarah from Boston after correction of excessive #femoralanteversion and #externaltibialtorsion #miserablemalalignmentsyndrome #tetratorsionalmalalignment treated with femur and tibia derotational osteotomies. Note that the knees and ankles are all pointing forward optimizing knee stability and biomechanics of the whole lower extremity including hips, knees, and ankles. #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
Last year I was contacted by Ted-Ed to help discuss care options for people with limb loss. They initially asked me to write about surgical replantation of a limb or limb transplantation, and were a bit disappointed that I informed them these care options were often not appropriate or successful. So I mentioned… … Please check out the video on YouTube, either by searching my name, Jason Hoellwarth, or the title you see on the screen now.
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#all4ortho #hssllcrs #hsslimblengthening #hspecialsurgery #limblengthening #osseointegration #tededucation @tededucation @hspecialsurgery
Kelli, NP a nurse practitioner from Alabama 8 months post Osseointegration Limb Replacement Surgery. Big advantage when there is a short residual limb. #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
Lucas from Iowa with fast healing and recovery after femur #limblengtheningsurgery #precicenail #precice #hsskids #pediatricorthopaedics #russellsilversyndrome #leglengthdiscrepancy #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
It was an honor and pleasure to be a guest speaker at the a Musculoskeletal Infection Society Meeting. Osseointegration Limb Replacement Surgery was new to many of the attendees and it was very enthusiastically received. #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
Hala from Morocco and Virginia making great strides after Osseointegration Limb Replacement Surgery. She is challenged by a short residual limb. Now she has better control and her bone is getting stronger with load transmitted through the implant. #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
