A variety of surgical procedures to treat children with legs of unequal lengths, usually involving differences of 2 inches or more. These procedures can:
lengthen an abnormally short leg (bone lengthening or femoral lengthening) shorten an abnormally long leg (bone shortening or femoral shortening) limit growth of a normal leg to allow a short leg to grow to a matching length (epiphysiodesis or physeal arrest)
Alternative Names
Epiphysiodesis; Epiphyseal arrest; Correction of unequal bone length; Bone lengthening; Bone shortening; Femoral lengthening; Femoral shortening