I have previously posted on the internal lengthening nail. Just recently a technique article I authored was published in Orthopedics Today, and is now available on the web too. Interestingly, it is published in the pediatrics section. Most surgeons who do deformity correction are indeed pediatric orthopaedists (or at least do quite a bit of pediatric work). And I believe the fastest growing segment for these lengthening nails is in adolescents (one could argue thats a gra

In the 1997 film Gattaca the main character undergoes limb lengthening surgery to be taller so that he can assume the identity of another person. In this brief clip (sorry for the poor quality, its the only one I could find) the surgery is briefly discussed, and the apparatus is shown. For dramatic effect they imply that this is a torturous procedure and show a classic Ilizarov type external fixator - which can certainly look intimidating. However, for a movie that is set