China's cosmetic surgery craze. Leg-lengthening operations to fight height predjudice can leave patients crippled

Lancet. 2004 Mar 20;363(9413):958. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(04)15832-7.
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Publication types

  • News

MeSH terms

  • Body Height / ethnology
  • Bone Lengthening / adverse effects*
  • Bone Lengthening / trends
  • China / ethnology
  • Disabled Persons / statistics & numerical data*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Leg / surgery*
  • Leg Injuries / epidemiology
  • Leg Injuries / etiology
  • Male
  • Prejudice*
  • Sex Factors
  • Surgery, Plastic / adverse effects*
  • Surgery, Plastic / statistics & numerical data
  • Surgery, Plastic / trends