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.
Osseointegration Replacement Center
- Improved Mobility
- Better Proprioception
- Reduced Nerve Pain
Knock Knee Condition
- More Stability
- Reduced Pain
- Correcting Deformity
Watch, Read, Learn
Osteotomy to Repair Bowleg
Dr. Rozbruch discusses osteotomy to correct bowleg and medial compartment knee arthritis.
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 nonu-union repair, rotation, knock knee, and bowlegs created lively discussions.”
This is a recent review article published with partners @limblengthening and @reifmd and our medical student @jasondgross . We review many of the opportunities that press-fit #osseointegration can provide #abovekneeamputee and #belowkneeamputee #amputees such as better quality of life and mobility. Being published in a Russian journal hopefully further improves awareness and access for doctors and patients.
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#all4ortho #hssllcrs #hsslimblengthening #hspecialsurgery
Using Xray and standing foot position and patient comfort to decide when the correction phase is complete. #tibialnonunion #limbtrauma #footandanklesurgery #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
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#all4ortho #hssllcrs #hsslimblengthening #hspecialsurgery
Marilyn at age 80 was not happy with her large #knockknee and #kneearthritis I did #knockkneecorrection with #totalkneereplacement Prophylactic peroneal nerve decompression prevented stretch injury to the nerve with such a large acute correction. #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
This is Mr N, another one of my first patients. He is #amish and was happy to share his experience with his face protected. He had a childhood wagon injury with multiple infections and short femur #amputation and painful heterotopic ossification which you see circled in red and that I’m pointing at, which made socket prostheses wear difficult, very painful, leading to very low mobility. When he did walk, he had a bad limp due to the socket sliding around. He wanted #osseointegration . Here is a clip of the surgery where I removed a huge piece of painful bone. You can see it’s not there on his post-op xray. Soon after the surgery his pain had improved significantly. Here he is at the office of his prosthetist Kent Turnbow in Indiana a few months later when he was fit with a prosthetic leg and began re-learning to walk. Now at almost 18 months, he wrote me this wonderful message to update me.
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#all4ortho #hssllcrs #hsslimblengthening #hspecialsurgery #aka #limbtrauma
Carol had a tibia #bonedefectreconstruction after #limbtrauma where I shortened the tibia using a precise compression nail and lengthened the femur using a #precicenail #limbsalvage #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 week I had the opportunity to speak at the 6th World Congress for ASAMI and ILLRS on topics of #limbtrauma , #limblengthening , #precice #precicenail , and #osseointegratıon . Glad to have spoken with my partner and mentor @limblengthening and our recent research fellow @jida_wanderer
Daysha before and after #knockkneesurgery #knockkneecorrection which improved body image , pain , and prospects for a bright knee future without #knockknees #knockknee #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
