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fromBoston.com
23 hours ago

'I'd like to be normal': Can height surgery make them happy?

Limb-lengthening surgery can increase height but carries significant risks, high cost, and lengthy recovery, making it controversial.
Medicine
fromwww.bbc.com
2 days ago

Boy first in UK to have surgery to make him taller

A nine-year-old with fibular hemimelia underwent pioneering surface-mounted magnetically controlled femoral lengthening, gaining 3cm and returning to normal activity.
fromwww.standard.co.uk
2 weeks ago

Who is Yaser Jabbar, the disgraced Great Ormond Street surgeon?

The doctor treated hundreds of children from 2017 to 2022 at Great Ormond Street Hospital (Gosh) in London, with independent experts saying in a new review that his surgery fell well below the level expected in several areas. Many patients came to harm or were left in pain, with some going on to need further surgery. Proper consent was also not obtained in some cases, while Mr Jabbar also had an "unjustified preference for certain surgical techniques including unconventional or unrecognised procedures".
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