Skin behavior during leg lengthening in patients with achondroplasia and hypochondroplasia: a short-term observation during leg lengthening

摘要

Although distraction osteogenesis is a recently established method of limb lengthening, it is not well known how soft tissues behave during bone lengthening. Because skin is tissue that can be easily and directly observed, we analyzed skin extension during limb lengthening to study the condition of soft tissues.