Dr Marie Gdalevitch, an orthopedic surgeon in Quebec, Canada , offers osteotomy operations, or limb-lengthening surgeries, for patients seeking to become taller.
Dr Marie Gdalevitch, an orthopedic surgeon in Quebec, Canada, has offered osteotomy operations, or limb-lengthening surgeries, for more than a decade to patients seeking to become taller.
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Earlier this month, however, Quebec updated its list of approved surgeries in the province and did not include an osteotomy on the list.
She offers the surgery to those with dwarfism and limb deformities through Canada's public health system, as well as privately to young men worried about their height.
