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:
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Post-Osseointegration Patient Visit with Dr. Rozbruch
Dr. Robert Rozbruch catches up with Mark, a marathon runner, 22 months after osseointegration surgery.
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 ??.”
@noquit24_7 Mark Relei and his inspiring story about doing the #nycmarathon after Osseointegration limb replacement surgery #osseointegrationlimbreplacement https://www.hss.edu/osseointegration-limb-replacement.asp #osseointegration #amputationsurgery #amputee #cyborgsworld @cyborgsworld #amputeelife #amputeestrong #amputation #osseointegrationUSA www.osseointegrationUSA.com #prostheticlimb #prostheticleg #prostheticsandorthotics #limbreplacementsurgery #limbreplacement #osseointegrationaustralia #osseointegrationswholift #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
Lynsey from San Francisco had 5 cm #leglengthdiscrepancy related to #arthrogryposis She is symmetrical now after #leglengtheningsurgery with #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
Kevin doing really well 11 weeks after surgical correction of his knock knees. Walks better feels better less pain and more confidence. Knee has a brighter future with better biomechanics. #knockkneesurgery #knocknees #knockknee #knockkneecorrection #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 a good looking xray, the legs are equal length with straight weight bearing line from the hip through the center of the knee to the ankle. But this teenager started with both legs bowed way out here with a leg length difference. He walked with pain and struggled to get through each day. Thankfully, #refuahhelpline connected him with me. I counseled him that I could help him, one leg at a time, by reshaping his bone as shown here. On the left side I would remove a wedge of bone from above his knee and stabilize him with a plate. One his right side, I described more was needed. I would remove the bone from the femur to straighten it, and insert it into the tibia make it straight as well and also hasten his healing. I performed his two surgeries, and now his legs are straight, leg lengths equal, he is walking great, long distances without pain, and it’s time to remove the plates!
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#all4ortho #hssllcrs #hsslimblengthening #blountsdisease #hspecialsurgery #bowleg #blounts
I am often asked how it feels to insert an Osseointegration implant. This is an insertion into a tibia after an amputation #osseointegrationlimbreplacement https://www.hss.edu/osseointegration-limb-replacement.asp #osseointegration #amputationsurgery #amputee #cyborgsworld @cyborgsworld #amputeelife #amputeestrong #amputation #osseointegrationUSA www.osseointegrationUSA.com #prostheticlimb #prostheticleg #prostheticsandorthotics #limbreplacementsurgery #limbreplacement #osseointegrationaustralia #osseointegrationswholift #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
Improvement in #scoliosis after correction of #leglengthdiscrepancy #limblengthdiscrepany #Rozbruch Equalization of leg lengths will correct or improve scoliosis #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 #precicenail
This patient had a #limblengthdiscrepancy due to #limbtrauma many years ago. She had pain in her back and her knees. I lengthened her left femur with a #globusmedicalinc #precicenail and now she walks better and is happier!
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#all4ortho #hssllcrs #hsslimblengthening #hspecialsurgery