"Fracture augmentation" is not a new technology, but doctors are used to calling it limb lengthening, which is an orthopedic operation performed by doctors for patients with limb disability caused by polio sequelae, nature or car accidents. In recent years, with the development of economy, people have higher requirements for the beauty of external image, including height. This technology has been applied to the field of plastic surgery.

According to Deng Xiaohong, spokesman of the Municipal Health Bureau, people usually stop growing when 17 is 20 years old. Breast augmentation surgery is to "open" the closed bone line of the calf or thigh again, install a limb extender with stretching function in vitro, and slowly extend the limb at a speed of 0.5mm ~ 1mm every day. However, the operation is very risky, because the bone must be sawed off during the operation and then manually pulled. The steel needle fixing the booster must penetrate the patient's leg. A little carelessness will cause damage to blood vessels, muscles and nerve tissues, and incomplete disinfection will also cause perforation infection and even osteomyelitis and disability. If the limb is stretched too fast, it will also cause nerve paralysis in the leg and blood supply disorder.

The Ministry of Health issued a notice in June 5438+10 last year, making it clear that limb lengthening is an orthopedic clinical treatment technology and is strictly prohibited for cosmetic projects. The medical institution carrying out this technology must be a tertiary general hospital or an orthopedic specialist hospital with more than 30 orthopedic beds, and the employees must also be intermediate or above orthopedic doctors with more than 5 years of clinical experience in orthopedics. It is forbidden to operate on patients without indications. Medical beauty institutions are not allowed to carry out this technology, and it is illegal for life beauty institutions to do this operation. The Municipal Health Bureau reminds people who want to grow taller that fracture breast augmentation surgery is risky, and they should carefully choose medical institutions while pursuing beauty. If they find that the beauty agency has illegally performed breast augmentation surgery for fracture, they can report it to the "12320" public health consultation hotline.