Case studies

A 12-year-old patient had a congenital shortening of the thigh of more than 4 cm in combination with a valgus deformity (knock-knee).

A 16-year-old female patient had a congenital shortening of 5.5 cm at the end of leg growth, affecting both upper and lower legs.

A 26-year-old patient sustained an open lower leg fracture in a motorbike accident.

A 27-year-old female patient suffered a femur fracture at the age of 12.

A 17-year-old female patient after poliomyelitis in childhood developed severe complications following a complication-prone treatment with a ring fixator abroad.

The 42-year-old patient had a congenital upper arm shortening of almost 14 cm.

A 14-year-old female patient had disproportionate short stature with an initial height of 128 cm due to achondroplasia.

A 14-year-old female patient had a disproportionate short stature with an initial height of 132 cm as a consequence of a genetically proven hypochondroplasia.

A 28-year-old female patient with undiagnosed hip dysplasia developed a migration of the femoral head over years with increasing pain and a shortening of the leg. Despite her young age, an artificial hip joint was the only reasonable treatment option, but first the leg had to be brought into the correct position.

A 9-year-old patient was diagnosed with a high-grade malignant osteosarcoma in the left distal thigh. The left knee joint had to be removed. Despite the need for a tumor endoprosthesis, the boy has two legs of equal length again.

A 23-year-old patient felt too short with his height of 163 cm and wished to be 10 cm taller.

In a 42-year-old woman, bilateral toe shortening led to increasing discomfort.

A 14-year-old patient had a knock-knee deformity (genu valgum).

In a 40-year-old patient, a car accident resulted in a right femur fracture and shortening of 25 mm.

A 27-year-old patient had a growth-related leg length discrepancy that predominantly affected the thighs.

A 45-year-old patient had an open femur fracture with extensive soft tissue damage after severe polytrauma (train accident).

The patient first presented at 13 years of age with right-sided bow-leg deformity (genu varum) that had been increasing for two years.