New limb lengthening technology (Prolixo Intramedullary Nail)

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Quote from: Siegfried on May 25, 2021, 08:57:05 AMDoes this mean spinal lengthening will be available in the near future as well?

That is a very interesting topic, I think that it could be a chance because these bones grow from the surface, not from inner growth plates, maybe we can recreate those "grow surfaces" without breaking the bone. We can find a better thread and discuss about that here.

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This is great news for us, more competition = better prices for consumers. Hopefully Stryde get's cheaper

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Quote from: Polvorón on May 26, 2021, 01:48:13 AMThat is a very interesting topic, I think that it could be a chance because these bones grow from the surface, not from inner growth plates, maybe we can recreate those "grow surfaces" without breaking the bone. We can find a better thread and discuss about that here.

The problem is that the growth plates are fused. We would need to unfuse the growth plates to start growing again in any area (legs, arms, spine etc.)

Unless you mean we should add artificial growth plates, which is a possibility as well I suppose.

My only question is, what do we do about soft tissues? Would growing slowly like during puberty help our soft tissues adapt like how a teen's soft tissues adapt when they grow? Is the reason there are soft tissue problems in limb lengthening solely due to the speed that we lengthen (.75-1mm/day which is much faster than during puberty)?

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Quote from: MakeMeTallAF on May 31, 2021, 02:27:36 AMThe problem is that the growth plates are fused. We would need to unfuse the growth plates to start growing again in any area (legs, arms, spine etc.)

Unless you mean we should add artificial growth plates, which is a possibility as well I suppose.

Vertebrae grow from the surface, they don't have epiphyseal plates.
https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffsb&q=vertebrae+growth+plates&iax=images&ia=images&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fd3i71xaburhd42.cloudfront.net%2Ff5af63291c963b53694f140316d67eb345f5ea79%2F3-Figure4-1.png
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiphyseal_plate
This is an interesting topic, we can create a new thread about it if you want. It seems that vertebrae don't need to be cut to place a growth plate, I hope that some day spine lengthening is also available, but better discuss this in a new thread.

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That's actually interesting. This is what I found online: " Unlike other long bones of the skeleton, vertebral body epiphyses never ossify, and after the end of the growth period of life they are reduced into thin plates of hyaline cartilage which are situated between vertebral body and intervertebral disc"
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8167393/

But functionally I think they're the same thing right, you would have to 'un-reduce' these plates to get the spine to grow again.

But yes if you'd like you could start a new topic. I'm mostly curious about how the soft tissues would grow even if this was theoretically possible. Not just muscles but also organs etc.