Limb lengthening clinics in Marseille
2 independently-verified clinics in Marseille.
Marseille has two verified clinics that sit at opposite ends of the field. The Institut du Mouvement at AP-HM is a public reconstructive service: it takes leg-length discrepancy of 2 cm or more with daily pain, runs a roughly six-month internal-nail programme with Fitbone, and books through Doctolib with no published price, as the public system does. The Guichet practice at Centre Phocéa is the cosmetic name, implanting its own Albizzia and Guichet nails, but it splits time between Marseille, Milan and London and publishes no price or direct contact. French is the working language at the public institute. Caution: the cosmetic practice is heavily self-promoted, so weigh independent patient accounts above its own material.
Side-by-side comparison
| # | Clinic | Lead surgeon | Methods | Price | Directory Score | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Institut du Mouvement Marseille | Dr. Maxime Fabre-Aubrespy | Fitbone | — | Unranked | T1 |
| 2 | Institut Jean-Marc Guichet / Leg Lengthening Clinic Marseille | Dr. Jean-Marc Guichet | Guichet nail, Albizzia nail, Fitbone +1 | — | Unranked | T3 |
Institut du Mouvement
Dr. Maxime Fabre-Aubrespy, Praticien Hospitalier; DESC Orthopaedic & Traumatological Surgery (2018); Gold Medal, Hospitals of Marseille (2017); SOFCOT & SFHG member
Institut Jean-Marc Guichet / Leg Lengthening Clinic
Dr. Jean-Marc Guichet, MD, PhD, Doct. Sci.; inventor of the Albizzia Nail (1987) and Guichet/G-Nail (2009)
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