The goal of limb lengthening is to restore length to bone, safely stretch soft tissues and
improve quality of life with minimal complications. Traditionally this was achieved with the …

Background and purpose—Observing serious adverse events during treatment with the
Precice Stryde bone lengthening nail (NuVasive, San Diego, CA, USA), we conducted a …

Background and purpose—We noted several adverse events in patients in whom the first
version of the STRYDE limb-lengthening nail (NuVasive Specialized Orthopaedics, San …

Aims Limb-lengthening nails have largely replaced external fixation in limb-lengthening and
reconstructive surgery. However, the adverse events and high prevalence of radiological …

Background Motorized lengthening nails are the treatment standard for bone lengthening of
the lower limbs. However, bony changes namely osteolysis and periosteal hypertrophy have …

Background: Limb lengthening by distraction osteogenesis can be performed with motorized
internal devices, but intramedullary implants risk avascular necrosis of the femoral head in …

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess and compare the clinical, radiological, and
functional results of patients treated with FITBONE or PRECICE nails due to deformity and …

A single implant all-internal magnet-driven bone transport nail (BTN—NuVasive Specialized
Orthopaedics Inc) has recently been introduced as a treatment method for segmental tibial …

Introduction The advantages of outpatient surgery have been shown in other orthopedic
subspecialities to be a means of driving down costs and reducing the average length of …

Dissociation of a Femoral Intramedullary Magnetic Lengthenin... : JBJS Case Connector
Dissociation of a Femoral Intramedullary Magnetic Lengthening Nail During Routine Hardware …