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Limb-lengthening surgery · Surat, India
Grow into your full stature.
Performed by Dr. Aman Khanna, M.S. Orthopaedics — an orthopaedic surgeon. Limb lengthening is bone surgery (distraction osteogenesis). It is not physiotherapy, stretching, insoles or a height-growth programme.
Orthopaedic limb-lengthening surgery — delivered with the rigor of medicine and the discretion of a private practice. Safety in India — addressing the press coverage honestly.
By an orthopaedic surgeon
What this is, and is not.
This is
- Orthopaedic surgery, performed in hospital by an orthopaedic surgeon.
- An internal nail placed in the bone after a precise, controlled cut.
- Lengthening of roughly one millimetre a day.
- Months of consolidation while the new bone hardens.
This is not
- Physiotherapy or stretching.
- Posture work, supplements or insoles.
- A height-growth programme.
- A clinic run by a physiotherapist.
Physiotherapy has a place after surgery, as rehabilitation alongside it. It is not the treatment.
Inside the science
Growth your own body makes.
A precise cut. A patient nail. About a millimetre a day.
Lengthening rate, total gain, and candidacy vary by patient and are confirmed by your surgeon.
01 · The osteotomy
A precise, controlled cut. Nothing is forced — the bone is simply given a place to grow.
02 · Distraction, ~1 mm a day
An internal nail lengthens the gap in tiny daily increments; the two bone ends draw slowly apart — roughly one millimetre a day, four gentle turns you barely feel.
03 · Regeneration
In the gap, your body does the work it already knows: it grows new bone. This is distraction osteogenesis — the biology of a healing fracture, guided with precision.
04 · Consolidation
Over the following months the new bone consolidates — strong, permanent, and entirely your own.
The Journey
Growth, made gradual.
A months-long commitment. We tell you that plainly.
This is not a weekend procedure. The patients who do best are the ones who chose it with clear eyes — so we begin with the truth about the road.
01
Consultation & candidacy
A frank assessment of your goals, your health, and whether surgery is right for you — including a psychological evaluation. Sometimes the answer is no. We think that honesty is the point.
02
Surgery
A single procedure under the care of a dedicated orthopedic team. Depending on the method chosen with your surgeon, this places an internal nail combined with a lightweight external fixator (LON) worn during the distraction phase, or, at a surcharge quoted at consultation, the Fitbone motorised internal nail.
03
The distraction phase
The daily millimetre. Weeks of gradual lengthening at home — by external remote with a fully internal nail, or by scheduled frame adjustments with LON — with physiotherapy alongside.
04
Consolidation & rehabilitation
The new bone hardens while you rebuild strength and range of motion. Patience is the treatment.
05
Back to your life
You return to full weight, full movement — and a follow-up relationship that does not end when you leave.
Why Living Taller
The standard we set for ourselves.
Radical transparency.
Real timelines, real risks, honest candidacy. We would rather lose a patient to the truth than win one with a promise we can't keep.
A relationship measured in years.
Follow-up imaging, physiotherapy guidance, and check-ins for years after your surgery — not months. You do not graduate from our care.
Surgery as craft.
Our surgeons publish, teach, and treat each case as its own problem to solve. You are not a standard procedure; you are a person with a specific anatomy and a specific goal.
Outcomes
Every stature has a story.
We measure success in centimetres — but our patients rarely do. They talk about photographs they no longer avoid, and rooms they walk into differently.
“Because discretion is the default here, patient stories are shared privately during your consultation — with the consent of those who chose to tell them — rather than published on the open web.”Living Taller — patient confidentiality policy
Individual results vary. Any story we share is with explicit patient consent and lightly edited for privacy.
Honest Answers
The questions you're actually asking.
The ones many clinics gloss over. Here's the straight version — your surgeon covers all of it, in full, at your consultation.
Is it safe? What are the risks?
Limb lengthening is major orthopedic surgery, and like any surgery it carries real risks — infection, nerve or joint problems, delayed bone healing, and the possibility of further procedures. Careful patient selection, the appropriate technique for your case — internal nail or LON — and close monitoring are how those risks are kept as low as possible. We walk you through every one before you decide.
What if something goes wrong?
You are not left alone with it. Complications are managed by the same surgical team that operated on you, and our follow-up relationship is measured in years, not weeks. Our revision and support policy is written down and shared with you in advance — no surprises.
What does it cost?
Cost depends on the procedure, the segment lengthened, and your travel and stay. We quote transparently and in full before anything is scheduled — surgery, distraction, rehabilitation, and follow-up — with financing where available. See our height operation cost breakdown for what drives your quote.
Will anyone know?
Only if you choose to tell them. Confidential intake, private recovery, and no public identification are the default. Discretion is not an add-on here — it is how the whole practice is built.
Begin with a conversation.
A private consultation is the first step — no commitment, no pressure. Bring your questions; we'll give you the honest version.
A private, no-obligation consultation with our surgical team — cosmetic or reconstructive. We reply within two business days.
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Measured in centimetres. Decided from X-rays.