{"id":9429,"date":"2021-11-18T17:55:13","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T15:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mediterraneohospital.gr\/en3\/?p=9429"},"modified":"2021-11-18T17:56:09","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T15:56:09","slug":"limb-reconstruction-and-lengthening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mediterraneohospital.gr\/en3\/limb-reconstruction-and-lengthening\/","title":{"rendered":"Limb Reconstruction and Lengthening"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_9431\" style=\"width: 489px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9431\" class=\"wp-image-9431\" src=\"https:\/\/mediterraneohospital.gr\/en3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dimitrios-giotikas_orthopaedic-surgeon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"479\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mediterraneohospital.gr\/en3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dimitrios-giotikas_orthopaedic-surgeon.jpg 901w, https:\/\/mediterraneohospital.gr\/en3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dimitrios-giotikas_orthopaedic-surgeon-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mediterraneohospital.gr\/en3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dimitrios-giotikas_orthopaedic-surgeon-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 479px) 100vw, 479px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9431\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Dimitrios M. Giotikas, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Mediterraneo Hospital<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Limb reconstruction of the upper and lower limbs<\/strong> (Limb reconstruction) is the field of <strong>orthopaedics<\/strong> that specializes in treatments related to <strong>bridging bone defects, correcting bone deformities and lengthening of the limbs<\/strong>; or any combination of the above.<\/p>\n<p><strong>These methods are applied to patients with:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bone infections after a fracture or surgery; Chronic osteomyelitis.<\/li>\n<li>Delayed Union, non-union or pseudarthrosis of fractures (inability to heal\/unite).<\/li>\n<li>Severe open fractures with loss of bone, skin and muscles.<\/li>\n<li>Deformities of the limb (bending, shortening, rotational or any combination thereof) after a fracture or complication of previous surgery.<\/li>\n<li>Joint stiffness &#8211; Knee and ankle joint fixed stiffness and ankylosis.<\/li>\n<li>Congenital abnormalities, Leg Length discrepancy, limb hypoplasia, dwarfism.<\/li>\n<li>Short stature, height dysphoria; cosmetic limb lengthening<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These problems usually come as a result of the severity of the initial injury and\/or as complications that occurred during its subsequent treatment. The social, professional and personal life of the patient is significantly affected for prolonged period (Life-changing events).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dealing with these problems is difficult and time consuming.<\/strong> Often, the input of many specialties is required (Orthopaedics and Plastics Surgeons, Infectious Diseases Specialist, Physiotherapist, Prosthetics Orthotist, Psychologist).<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9430 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mediterraneohospital.gr\/en3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/giotikas-dim.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"649\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mediterraneohospital.gr\/en3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/giotikas-dim.jpg 649w, https:\/\/mediterraneohospital.gr\/en3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/giotikas-dim-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><br \/>\nOur medical team consists of specialized doctors with substantial clinical experience from large international tertiary trauma centres.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In our department we use <strong>cutting-edge technologies<\/strong> such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Magnetically expandable intramedullary nails (Precise-2\u00ae, Nuvasive) for femoral and tibial lengthening with or without deformity correction.<\/li>\n<li>Mechanically expandable intramedullary nails (Guichet X-OS\u00ae) that allow walking with a full weight bearing from the first postoperative day.<\/li>\n<li>Circular external fixators for multi-plane correction of complex limb deformities using special software (Taylor Spatial Frame\u00ae, Smith &amp; Nephew).<\/li>\n<li>Special intramedullary reamer (Reamer Irrigator Aspirator RIA\u00ae by Johnson &amp; Johnson) for obtaining bone graft with minimal invasive technique and also for intramedullary debridement and lavage in cases of extended intramedullary osteomyelitis.<\/li>\n<li>Absorbable antibiotic-carrying pellets (Cerament\u00ae Bonesupport and Stimulan\u00ae Biocomposites) for 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