[s-cars] Re: S-CAR-List digest, Vol 1 #1880 - Leg Length (was Lotus Elise at St ealership)

[Theodore Chen]

i'm sure that's done by medical staff.  the pins go through the
skin into the bone, making infections a real concern, so you'd have
to get the dressings changed frequently.

it's a procedure used in children with severe leg length discrepancy,
but it's become a cosmetic procedure as well.

-teddy

--- "Larry C. Leung" <l.leung at juno.com> wrote:
> Okay, somewhat more serious. Ewww! BTW, who turns the screw?
>
> LL - NY
>
>
> On Tue, 7 Oct 2003 18:11:43 -0400 "Bruce Mendel" <Brucem105 at comcast.net>
> writes:
> > sign me up!
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Theodore Chen" <tedebearp at yahoo.com>
> > To: <l.leung at juno.com>; <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> > Cc: <Keith.Maddock at TRW.COM>
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 6:01 PM
> > Subject: Re: [s-cars] Re: S-CAR-List digest, Vol 1 #1880 - Leg
> > Length (was
> > Lotus Elise at St ealership)
> >
> >
> > >
> > > --- l.leung at juno.com wrote:
> > > >
> > > > If only someone would come up with a diet to shorted your legs,
> > I'd be a
> > ve=
> > > > ry happy man.
> > > ...
> > > >
> > > > As for the shortened leg diet, I don't have that problem. In
> > fact, in
> > > > my type 44, I have the seat ALL the way up. AND, when I looked
> > at a 1.7
> > liter
> > > > Lotus Europa, WAY back, I wanted the leg extension diet, I
> > couldn't
> > operate
> > > > the pedals at all. It figured, when Colin Chapman (as I recall,
> > he was
> > over 6
> > > > ft) was alive, all the cars fit him. Now that he's gone, we have
> > Elises
> > meant
> > > > for people of my stature (US 5ft 5 in, 167 cm for the world
> > majority).
> > Yeah
> > > > me (yeah, right, like I can afford one!).
> > >
> > > you're in luck.  you can have your legs lengthened.  i imagine you
> > can
> > > have them shortened as well, though i suspect that's not going to
> > be as
> > > popular.  some orthopedic surgeons are certified to do the
> > leg-lengthening
> > > procedure.  my brother's talking about getting the certification.
> > it
> > > essentially involves creating a break in the femur and/or tibia,
> > and
> > > supporting the separated pieces with screw-adjustable braces.  an
> > > interesting characteristic of bone is that if the broken edges
> > are
> > > close to each other, they'll grow toward each other and heal the
> > break.
> > > too far apart, and they won't.  so the bone is in effect broken
> > and
> > > re-set a few millimeters apart.  every day, as the edges grow
> > toward
> > > each other, you adjust the braces to space the edges apart again.
> > > as i recall, you can get an extra 3-6 inches of height this way.
> > >
> > > -teddy
> > >
> > >
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