In her story about patients getting leg-lengthening surgery I felt like I was there during the surgical procedure. She writes like a novelist or a poet. Writing like this keeps me a loyal L.A ...

Over 5.6 million Americans are living with limb loss and limb difference, but two-thirds won’t receive a prosthetic device. There is not much information to explain why or if people are getting ...

May I suggest a (literally) down-to-earth alternative to undergoing thigh bone-lengthening orthopaedic surgery (“Men who get their legs broken to gain height are not entirely mad”, Work ...

Indiana teenager Eli Mattern, who underwent a leg-lengthening procedure last year, works with physical therapist Jon Broyles in in Wabash, Ind. (Doug McSchooler / For The Times) 28,756 people ...