Surgeons from Sinai Hospital, part of LifeBridge Health, recently used the first externally controllable internal limb lengthening device with FDA clearance, the PRECICE Limb Lengthening System, which they helped co-develop, according to a LifeBridge news release.
Shawn Standard, MD, and John Herzenberg, MD, co-developed the device along with Stuart Green, MD, of the University of California, Irvine. It includes a telescopic titanium rod surgically implanted into either the femur or tibia. A miniature magnetic motor and gear box inside the implant create the force needed to lengthen the rod. The internal motor is driven by a magnetic field generator held on the skin next to the leg several times per day for a few minutes each time.
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