To this day, the Ilizarov device is one of the most common methods employed in limb-lengthening procedures—although these days the apparatus is made of materials somewhat more sophisticated than ...

But rather than accept defeat, Transer, now 30 years old, did some research and eventually discovered the Ilizarov apparatus: a surgically attached device that would lengthen her legs.

People have broken leg bones for millennia. In Classical Greece, the famous physician Hippocrates described an external fixation apparatus composed of leather rings connected with four wooden rods ...

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After doing a little research, Transer reportedly discovered the Ilizarov apparatus. According to a student report published by the Oxford University Hospitals, ...

An Ilizarov Apparatus can also be used to stabilize bones during healing after surgery on complex fractures. Image credit: Pagemaker787. It was also much more invasive.

Ilizarov took his groundbreaking discovery one step further and developed an apparatus, based on the mechanics of a bicycle, to set severed bones in place and, at the same time, continuously ...

The metal apparatus, invented by Soviet physician Dr. Gavriil Abramovich Ilizarov, is composed of stainless steel rings which are fixed to the bone with wires and pins and is gradually stretched ...

Though extremely painful, Transer used the Ilizarov apparatus, which is a surgically attached device that creates new bone growth, while at the same time cutting an exterior portion of the bone away.

He had been wearing an Ilizarov apparatus, a large device placed on the leg to treat bone injuries. There were other factors, too. Advertisement “I wanted to get back to school,” he said.

Ilizarov apparatus. A frame from the Forrest Gump movie. Robert Zemeckis/Wendy Finerman Productions, 1994 Remember how little Forrest Gump walked in special orthopedic braces? Well, the ...