Abstract

The treatment of leg length discrepancy has become a common procedure in orthopaedic surgery. However, lengthening of humeral deformities is still infrequent.The purpose of this case report was to present humeral lengthening with a new intramedullary lengthening device (PRECICE® P2 for tibia) in a 32 year old female patient with congenital shortening.Hereby the telescopic device presents a promising tool for humeral limb lengthening with excellent outcome at short-term in this case.

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