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Old 2003-12-22, 15:53   Link #9
LynnieS
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: China
Really? I haven't heard about the procedure. The only one that I was aware of being practiced deals with:

1. breaking your leg bones,

2. clamping some kind of a holder to keep the pieces steady to allow the break to not heal crookedly and to keep the pieces apart, and

3. your having to manually twist this holder every week or two to make sure that the break remains apart.

The bone basically keep growing at the site of the break till you've reached the target height, and you can let it heal. Like I said, not something you want to try if you're already at a reasonable height.
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