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Limb Lengthening And Deformity Correction Surgery

2017-11-29Current approaches
The innovative treatments in development for achondroplasia are focused on the increase of growth rate and in the reduction of possible complications. The only available treatment is surgical and is known as limb lengthening surgery. Limb lengthening can help gain some proportionality and can correct health compromising deformities in the upper and lower limbs and height may or may not be increased during treatment.
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