"But when you face body dysmorphia ... it's going to take a year out of your life.” Once surgery was over, Elaine’s lengthening process began. Several times a day she carried out an ...

or limb-lengthening surgeries, for more than a decade to patients seeking to become taller. The $90,000 surgery that can boost height by three inches involves breaking the leg bones and then ...

The authors conclude that bowel-lengthening surgery using either procedure improves enteral nutrition and reverses TPN-related complications. Intestinal transplantation was avoided in most cases ...