Aaron Trinh spent $140,000 to undergo a painful, lengthy surgery — just to be taller. Although the average height for a man ...

Objectives: The leg length (LL) and femoral offset (FO) discrepancy following total hip arthroplasty (THA) are important factors for postoperative outcomes and restoring native hip biomechanics is ...

Abstract: Accurate measurement of leg length discrepancy (LLD) is critical in biomechanics, custom footwear design, and clinical orthopedics. Existing methods like tape measure, block method and CT ...

Online posts promoting leg-lengthening surgery — a procedure strictly prohibited for cosmetic purposes by Chinese health authorities — are resurfacing, prompting renewed warnings from medical experts ...

In twin pregnancies, cervical length (CL) assessment during the first trimester might be useful in predicting the risk for spontaneous preterm birth before 34 weeks of gestation; CL measurements below ...

In this video, Mikhail Varshavski, DO -- who goes by "Dr. Mike" on social media -- learns about rare, and often life-saving, operations. Following is a partial transcript of the video (note that ...

I always knew that back pain was something a lot of people struggled with, but I never understood just how debilitating it could be—until I developed it myself. I was six months postpartum the first ...

Treatment of leg length inequality involves many different approaches, such as orthotics, epiphysiodesis, shortening, and lengthening, which can be used alone or combined in an effort to achieve ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. It is a reasonable assertion that every household should have a tape measure somewhere. They are useful for so many things that we could write ...

NEW YORK, NY, March 31, 2025 (EZ Newswire) -- Anyone who's gone through a renovation knows how chaotic it can get. From endless trips to hardware stores and showrooms to juggling suppliers, ...