Patient Benefits
- Internal device reduces psychological and social stress
- Less painful than other lengthening methods
- Minimal scarring
- No risk of pin-tract infections
- Hand held monitor allows patients to follow their lengthening process
Patient Support Materials
Brochures:
- ISKD Brochure
- Brochure: Patient Education
- Brochure: ISKD Patient Monitor Manual
- Brochure: Stretching Exercises
- Brochure: Patient Exercises (Courtesy of Dror Paley, MD, FRCSC, Illustrations courtesy of the Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopaedics)
- Operative Technique: ISKD Tibial Surgical Technique
- Operative Technique: ISKD Femoral Surgical Technique
