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11 October, 2006
China to crack down on illegal leg-lengthening surgery
China will crack down on a vast, growing and largely unregulated industry offering leg-lengthening surgery for people who think they are too short, state media have said.
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The operation involves breaking the patients' legs and stretching them on a rack, and has led to several cases of disfigurement, the Xinhua news agency said, citing the health ministry.
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"Leg-lengthening surgery is a clinical orthopedic treatment, not cosmetic surgery," health ministry spokesman Mao Qun'an said, according to Xinhua.
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"Leg-lengthening surgery must only be carried out for strict medical reasons and performed in authorized hospitals."
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He said hospitals must in future tell patients about the risks involved, while only qualified personnel would be allowed to carry out the procedure.
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The surgical procedure, popular among young Chinese professionals who believe height will help them climb the career ladder, was developed in Russia to help patients with birth defects such as dwarfism.
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Ten people, enticed by a promise of "height surgery without pain," were reported to have been disfigured after they underwent the operation last year at a Beijing hospital. — AFP
China will crack down on a vast, growing and largely unregulated industry offering leg-lengthening surgery for people who think they are too short, state media have said.
.
The operation involves breaking the patients' legs and stretching them on a rack, and has led to several cases of disfigurement, the Xinhua news agency said, citing the health ministry.
.
"Leg-lengthening surgery is a clinical orthopedic treatment, not cosmetic surgery," health ministry spokesman Mao Qun'an said, according to Xinhua.
.
"Leg-lengthening surgery must only be carried out for strict medical reasons and performed in authorized hospitals."
.
He said hospitals must in future tell patients about the risks involved, while only qualified personnel would be allowed to carry out the procedure.
.
The surgical procedure, popular among young Chinese professionals who believe height will help them climb the career ladder, was developed in Russia to help patients with birth defects such as dwarfism.
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Ten people, enticed by a promise of "height surgery without pain," were reported to have been disfigured after they underwent the operation last year at a Beijing hospital. — AFP
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