Op. Dr. Hüseyin Kavak

Orthopaedics and traumatology specialist practising in Fatih, Istanbul, and the operating surgeon at Aura Height. Graduated from Gülhane Military Medical Academy in 2008 and completed his residency at Bursa Uludağ University from 2012; worked at İnönü University and at Ulus Liv Hospital (2018–2021). Team physician for Fenerbahçe SK alongside private practice, and performs limb lengthening with the magnetic intramedullary nail and combined LON-type methods. His practice holds the Turkish Ministry of Health International Health Tourism Authorisation Certificate.

Reviewed by Hüseyin Kavak (55)

• Do you ever fully recover from limb lengthening? What comes back and what stays
• Ilizarov complications: the real rates, series by series
• Limb lengthening process step by step: 11 stages, with timings
• Limb lengthening success rate: four definitions, four different numbers
• LON method complications: what nine patient series report
• LON limb lengthening in Turkey: why clinics use it, what to verify
• PRECICE nail complications: every risk class with its published rate
• The PRECICE nail, explained: magnet, sizes, removal and cost by country
• Surgery to make men taller: what it adds and who should skip it
• Height reduction surgery — is there a surgery to reduce height, and who actually does it?
• Bow legs in adults — what correction really does, and what it does to your height
• Do surgeons really break your legs to get taller?
• How painful is limb lengthening surgery? An honest, phase-by-phase answer
• Femur vs tibia: which bone gets lengthened first?
• Is limb lengthening surgery safe in 2026?
• Can things go wrong years after limb lengthening surgery?
• Is there an age limit for limb lengthening? Honest numbers for 18 to 60.
• Limb lengthening recovery timeline — the real 9 to 18 month roadmap
• Will scars be visible after limb lengthening? A method-by-method honest answer.
• The PRECICE Stryde recall, explained — and what it means in 2026
• Is limb lengthening safe? — article, Complication types and rates, and how risk is presented to patients.
• Internal nail vs external fixator — page, How the two hardware families differ surgically, and which patient each suits.
• PRECICE 2 vs LON — which is better? — page, Technique comparison: indications, trade-offs, and what drives the choice.
• Bow legs in adults — correction, height, and the real numbers — article, Deformity-correction claims, the reported height effect, and how the Salamehfix series is characterised.
• article: do-they-break-your-legs-to-get-taller
• article: femur-vs-tibia-which-first
• article: height-reduction-surgery
• article: late-complications-limb-lengthening
• article: limb-lengthening-age-limit
• article: limb-lengthening-scars-visibility
• article: precice-stryde-recall-explained
• Methods, compared (homepage) — section, The six-method grid and its one-line descriptors: current status of each device (gold standard, recalled, hybrid, external).
• PRECICE 2 Intramedullary Lengthening Nail — method guide — method, Mechanism, indications, protocol, device-specific risks and the reading of the published evidence on this method.
• PRECICE Stryde (recalled) — method guide — method, Mechanism, indications, protocol, device-specific risks and the reading of the published evidence on this method.
• PRECICE Max — method guide — method, Mechanism, indications, protocol, device-specific risks and the reading of the published evidence on this method.
• Fitbone TAA — method guide — method, Mechanism, indications, protocol, device-specific risks and the reading of the published evidence on this method.
• LON — lengthening over nail — method guide — method, Mechanism, indications, protocol, device-specific risks and the reading of the published evidence on this method.
• LATN — lengthening and then nailing — method guide — method, Mechanism, indications, protocol, device-specific risks and the reading of the published evidence on this method.
• Ilizarov frame — method guide — method, Mechanism, indications, protocol, device-specific risks and the reading of the published evidence on this method.
• Taylor Spatial Frame — method guide — method, Mechanism, indications, protocol, device-specific risks and the reading of the published evidence on this method.
• Guichet nail — method guide — method, Mechanism, indications, protocol, device-specific risks and the reading of the published evidence on this method.
• Betzbone — method guide — method, Mechanism, indications, protocol, device-specific risks and the reading of the published evidence on this method.
• Salamehfix — method guide — method, Mechanism, indications, protocol, device-specific risks and the reading of the published evidence on this method.
• The PRECICE nail, explained: magnet, sizes, removal and cost by country — article, Device generations, sizes, removal timing and the recall facts checked against the IFU and FDA records.
• Surgery to make men taller: what it adds and who should skip it — article, Candidacy, achievable length, pain and risk statements checked against current internal-nail practice.
• Limb lengthening success rate: four definitions, four different numbers — article, Definitions of success and the complication figures per series checked for scope and n.
• LON limb lengthening in Turkey: why clinics use it, what to verify — article, LON technique description and its risk profile checked; no clinic is endorsed.
• PRECICE nail complications: every risk class with its published rate — article, Device-specific complication classes and reported rates checked against the cited series.
• LON method complications: what nine patient series report — article, Pin-track/deep infection mechanism and reported rates checked; two-operation sequence described correctly.
• Ilizarov complications: the real rates, series by series — article, Paley problem/obstacle/complication taxonomy and frame-specific rates checked.
• Limb lengthening process step by step: 11 stages, with timings — article, Stage sequence, latency/distraction/consolidation timing and weight-bearing rules checked.
• Limb lengthening recovery timeline — article, Milestone timing — distraction, consolidation, unaided walking, and return to running.
• The three phases of recovery — section, The distraction / consolidation / rehabilitation split and the week ranges given for each.
• article: how-painful-is-limb-lengthening-surgery
• Do you ever fully recover from limb lengthening? What comes back and what stays — article, Functional-recovery milestones, range-of-motion and return-to-sport expectations checked.