Hello
for 20 years now i have had very bad back ache due to a shorter clavicle bone on my right shoulder. its about 20mm shorther than the left side. my shoulder is forward due to the shorter bone and this is putting alot of tension on the muscles around the shoulder blade. can anyone tell me if its possible to get the clavicle lengthened to allow the shoulder to go back to where it should be? does anyone know of any surgeons that can do this type of operation.
thanks
Roger
for 20 years now i have had very bad back ache due to a shorter clavicle bone on my right shoulder. its about 20mm shorther than the left side. my shoulder is forward due to the shorter bone and this is putting alot of tension on the muscles around the shoulder blade. can anyone tell me if its possible to get the clavicle lengthened to allow the shoulder to go back to where it should be? does anyone know of any surgeons that can do this type of operation.
thanks
Roger
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Hi,
I’ve never heard that someone have tried to extend any other bone than the long bones of arms and legs, and even then it’s done only to gain one or two centimeters. It is a very painful and long process that can be seriously dangerous sometimes, even when it’s done by more or less standard procedures. Basically, they will need to break your clavicle bone and stretch it with help of metal rods so that new bone could grow and eventually fill the gap that has been formed. As I said, it’s usually done with straight bones so that metal fixations can provide enough support, but I’m not so sure that it even can be possible to repeat the same process with bone that is placed in such a place like clavicle is. And the question remains whether there would be any significant results even if you did go through all of that.
I’ve never heard that someone have tried to extend any other bone than the long bones of arms and legs, and even then it’s done only to gain one or two centimeters. It is a very painful and long process that can be seriously dangerous sometimes, even when it’s done by more or less standard procedures. Basically, they will need to break your clavicle bone and stretch it with help of metal rods so that new bone could grow and eventually fill the gap that has been formed. As I said, it’s usually done with straight bones so that metal fixations can provide enough support, but I’m not so sure that it even can be possible to repeat the same process with bone that is placed in such a place like clavicle is. And the question remains whether there would be any significant results even if you did go through all of that.
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