[ High-Risk Height Enhancement Surgery ]

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【 Anchor Commentary 】 Yesterday, we reported that a thief even underwent height enhancement surgery to avoid police crackdown. The accurate name for height enhancement surgery is limb lengthening, and it is said to be as dangerous as double jaw surgery. Reporter Lee Jeong-seok reports. 【 Reporter 】 Here is the back view of an apartment burglar caught yesterday. His shin length looks significantly longer than that of a normal person. He underwent limb lengthening surgery to increase his height by about 7cm. Limb lengthening involves breaking the shin bone, widening it, and fixing it with a metal pin, allowing bone to grow and fill the gap. This surgery is mainly performed on people with leg length discrepancies, but the suspect stated that he underwent limb lengthening for cosmetic purposes. ▶ Interview: Mr. Lee / Theft Suspect - "I've been dancing since I was a teenager. I've had a complex about it since then, and I had the time and circumstances to do it during that period." Recently, many people are undergoing limb lengthening for cosmetic purposes, but experts say it is as dangerous as double jaw surgery. ▶ Interview: Song Hae-ryong / Professor of Orthopedics, Korea University Guro Hospital - "During the surgery, the pin may pierce a nerve, causing nerve paralysis that prevents the ankle from bending backward, and sometimes the metal pin breaks when inserted into the bone, requiring another surgery..." He also warned that even if the surgery is successful, it can cause serious side effects such as cartilage damage and permanent leg paralysis. MBN News Lee Jeong-seok. [ljs730221@naver.com]

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[MBN News] Article published on "What is height enhancement surgery...as dangerous as double jaw surgery." April 1, 2015

[MBN news] Limb Lengthening(Ilizarov) is as dangerous as the double jaw surgery. Apr 1,2015

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