he's a good-looking guy but has always
wanted to be taller now he's getting his
chance thanks to groundbreaking limb
lengthening surgery and we were there as
he was rolled into the o.r this guy is
making a special trip to Las Vegas with
his wife he's not hoping to strike it
rich he's here to get taller if I can be
taller I want to be taller Ryan Wade is
five feet seven inches tall he's come to
orthopedic surgeon dr. Kevin Debbie
parshat for a groundbreaking limb
lengthening procedure after we giving
you that additional height you'd
probably sitting it very close to 511
the procedure involves implanting a
steel device into the upper bone on both
legs we use the remote control to slowly
separate the bone this is their no
control the remote control signals the
device to pull the bones apart one
millimeter at a time I think that's
pretty cool the body makes new bone to
fill in the gap so I push this button
and then what happens once you push the
button then that's when you start
growing awesome the cost a whopping
$75,000 I've got another 70 years left
on this planet and I want to enjoy it to
the full extent and this is something
since I've been 14 then I've always
wanted to do 75 thousand dollars towards
getting tall I'm picking getting taller
all the way the 32 year old is also
tired of wearing shoe implants the
procedure will add 3 inches to Ryan's
height a huge difference yeah yeah it's
gonna be pretty close to right there
being taller than my wife is going to be
it'll be a treat at Sunrise Hospital and
Medical Center Teresa is confident I
think he'll do great on his way to the
o.r ryan gets a good-luck kiss I am
super excited the doctor begins by
taking precise measurements of Ryan's
leg next he drills into the bone then
surgically breaks the bone he creates a
channel in the thigh bone for the
implant you can see it kind of going
right down the center of the bone the
implanted device is secured with screws
that are drilled in above and below the
break in the bone he repeats the
procedure on Ryan's other leg finally
the remote is tested to ensure the bone
is separating
succcess the implant worked after three
hours Ryan is wheeled out of the LR dr.
Debbie parshat has good news so
everything went very well
bend that knee now three months of
grueling physical therapy begins that's
stiff Ryan's muscles need to be
stretched as his bones grow it's hard
work it was the most painful thing that
I've ever gone through in my life David
Wilson of Los Angeles had the same
procedure last year he was five seven
and was stretched two inches to five
nine as my legs got longer
I needed to extend my seat back further
so I could have this adjustment room
right here it was kind of cool and he
has encouraging words for Ryan you're
gonna get back to normal pretty darn
quick with his this type of device in
this technology it's a it's amazing just
24 hours after surgery Ryan is taking
his very first steps and feels he's on
his way to walking tall the procedure
does not come cheap the cost a whopping
$75,000
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