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Surgical lengthening of limbs with growth retardation performed according to Ilizarov has allowed to recover disproportions of limb growth, to achieve 20-cm and more increase of the height of patients with achondroplasia, to make cosmetic correction of body longitudinal sizes for subjectively small height. The theoretical substantiation of lengthening of limbs using the values comparable to their initial sizes is demonstrated in G.A. Ilizarov’s discovery of the law concerning stimulating effect of distraction-related tension stress of tissues on their regeneration and growth.
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Schurov, V.A. (2016). Effect of Tension Stress by Surgical Lengthening of Limbs with Growth Retardation on Biomechanical and Functional Properties of Tissues. In: Poitout, D. (eds) Biomechanics and Biomaterials in Orthopedics. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-664-9_23
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