The authors show their experience in the lengthening of the limbs in 207 patients afected by pathological short height : 165 chondrodysplasia , 15 Turner Syndrome, 11 cases of precocious puberty, 9 cases of constitutional short height, 2 medical-resitant rickets, 2 hipotrofic dwarfism, 2 epiphyseal dysplasia and one Schwasman syndrome. Surgical planning and procedure are described, emphasizing the value of tenotomies at the begining of lengthening. 408 tibial, 34 humeral and 240 femoral segments have been lengthened. The average lenghening obtained was: 14.74 cm (tibia), 10.5 cm (humerus) and 15.5 cm (femur). The most frequent complications were: axial desviation, lost of articular movility, and fracture after lengthening; resolved later. The authors emphasizing the importance of a multidisciplinary team to plan and control of bone lengthening.

The authors show their experience in the lengthening of the limbs in 207 patients afected by pathological short height : 165 chondrodysplasia , 15 Turner Syndrome, 11 cases of precocious puberty, 9 cases of constitutional short height, 2 medical-resitant rickets, 2 hipotrofic dwarfism, 2 epiphyseal dysplasia and one Schwasman syndrome. Surgical planning and procedure are described, emphasizing the value of tenotomies at the begining of lengthening. 408 tibial, 34 humeral and 240 femoral segments have been lengthened. The average lenghening obtained was: 14.74 cm (tibia), 10.5 cm (humerus) and 15.5 cm (femur). The most frequent complications were: axial desviation, lost of articular movility, and fracture after lengthening; resolved later. The authors emphasizing the importance of a multidisciplinary team to plan and control of bone lengthening.