Photos taken before, during, and after my limb lengthening surgery
Two years before my first knee surgery. As you can see, I was knock-kneed and used a lift in my left shoe.
My first night at the hospital.
Pre-surgery.
The bandaging around my incisions.
Resting in the hospital.
Another view of the wound bandaging.
Getting up and moving around the recovery rooms.
We found a rooftop garden!
Incisions after bandages were removed.
All 6 incisions before the staples were taken out.
This image was my first x-ray. I had not started to lengthen.
My first time using the remote lengthening device.
An x-ray of the 8-plate in my knee.
A few days after removing bandages.
Staples being removed!
Post-staple removal.
A side-by-side of the 8-plate and Precise Nail.
A side view of my lower thigh near the end of the lengthening phase.
An x-ray showing the estimated achieved distraction in millimeters.
Using the lengthening device in the morning before school.
My final lengthening
The controller box's display while the magnet is lengthening.
The box's display before lengthening begins.
The hand-held device.
This x-ray was taken about a month after lengthening ended.
Learning how to walk!
X-ray several months after lengthening ended.
a picture of the 8-plate and screws
The Precise Nail after being removed from my femur
A side view of the nail.
bone growth 2.5 months after stopping the lengthening process