Limb lengthening clinics in Mexico
4 independently-verified clinics in Mexico. Methods offered: Albizzia nail, Ilizarov.
Mexico's three listings sit in Guadalajara, León and Mexico City, and none is a dedicated cosmetic height brand. Guadalajara is a solo surgeon, also a national board examiner, using a two-phase hybrid of external fixation and Albizzia nails; León is a reconstruction unit inside a private hospital running a university postgraduate programme in bone infection; Mexico City is a paediatric surgeon whose profile lists limb lengthening within congenital reconstruction. PRECICE is not confirmed at any of the three, no prices are published, and English-language service is unconfirmed, so assume Spanish. Treat the country as reconstructive expertise, not a cosmetic destination.
Side-by-side comparison
| # | Clinic | Lead surgeon | Methods | Price | Directory Score | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TuOrtopedista San Luis Potosí | Dr. Edgard López Carreño | Ilizarov | — | 4.7 / 5 106 reviews · 2 platforms | T3 |
| 2 | Centro de Reconstrucción de Extremidades León, Guanajuato | Dr. Arturo Pérez Cuéllar | Ilizarov | — | Unranked | T1 |
| 3 | Ortopedia ABM Guadalajara (Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, Jalisco) | Dr. Alejandro Bolaños Muñoz | Ilizarov, Albizzia nail | — | Unranked | T2 |
| 4 | Dr. Alfonso Meza Vernis Ciudad de México | Dr. Alfonso Meza Vernis | — | Unranked | T3 |
TuOrtopedista
Dr. Edgard López Carreño, Cédula profesional 5527037 · Cédula de especialidad 5643169 (Ortopedia y Traumatología) · Orthopaedic residency, IVSS Hospital Patrocinio Peñuela Ruiz, San Cristóbal, Venezuela (1999–2003) · Orthopaedic training, UMAE Centro Médico Nacional de Occidente (IMSS), Guadalajara (2003–2007) · Head of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, IMSS Hospital de Especialidades Clínica 50, San Luis Potosí (from 2007; current status unconfirmed) · Attending surgeon, Hospital Ángeles Centro Médico del Potosí (since 2008) · Medical degree, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela (revalidated by SEP Mexico) and a 2005 training stay at ICOT Latina, Italy, both self-reported · Memberships in AAOS, Mexican orthopaedic bodies, SIOT (Italy) and the Venezuelan Society of Orthopaedics are self-reported and not independently confirmed
Centro de Reconstrucción de Extremidades
Dr. Arturo Pérez Cuéllar, Chief Professor, Orthopedic Trauma specialty, Hospital General de León; Chief Professor, Advanced Specialty Course in Bone Infections & Osteoarticular Rescue, Universidad de Guanajuato; Fellowship in anterior minimally-invasive hip replacement, Buchholz Krankenhaus, Germany; Member, Colegio Mexicano de Ortopedia
Ortopedia ABM
Dr. Alejandro Bolaños Muñoz, M.D., Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara (UAG, 1992); Postgraduate specialization, UNAM; Specialist in Traumatological and Orthopedic Surgery, Consejo Mexicano de Ortopedia y Traumatología (certified 2005); License #3411821, Specialty license #1909268; AO Switzerland International Certificate (2004); Certificate of Attendance, AAOS — American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (2007); Sinodal (board examiner), Consejo Mexicano de Ortopedia y Traumatología; Member, Colegio de Ortopedia y Traumatología de Jalisco; Founding member, Consejo Mexicano Regulador de Células Madre; COFEPRIS Advertising Notice: 2414132002A00022; COFEPRIS Operating Notice: 2414135036X00108
Dr. Alfonso Meza Vernis
Dr. Alfonso Meza Vernis, MD, Universidad La Salle (1998); Orthopedic Surgery, UNAM (2004); Pediatric Orthopedics, UNAM (2006); Orden al Mérito SLAOT (Latin American Society of Pediatric Orthopedics and Traumatology); member, Colegio Mexicano de Ortopedia y Traumatología and AAOS
Limb lengthening in Mexico: common questions
How much does limb lengthening cost in Mexico?
None of the 4 clinics we list in Mexico publishes a price; quotes come after a consultation and X-rays. Any range on a clinic card below is labelled as an estimate or benchmark, not a clinic quote. For published prices in other countries, see our cost guide.
How many limb lengthening clinics are there in Mexico?
We list 4 verified clinics in Mexico (San Luis Potosí, León, Guadalajara, Ciudad de México). 1 has enough independent reviews (30 on one platform, 40 in total) to carry a Directory Score; the rest are listed but unranked. A listing is not an endorsement: each profile shows its verification tier and the sources we used.
Which limb lengthening methods are available in Mexico?
Clinics we list in Mexico offer Albizzia nail, Ilizarov. 1 of 4 list an internal lengthening nail (such as PRECICE or Fitbone), which avoids wearing an external frame. Compare devices on our methods page.
Who performs limb lengthening in Mexico?
Named lead surgeons at clinics we list in Mexico include Edgard López Carreño (TuOrtopedista); Arturo Pérez Cuéllar (Centro de Reconstrucción de Extremidades); Alejandro Bolaños Muñoz (Ortopedia ABM); Alfonso Meza Vernis. Each clinic profile links the surgeon's own page and the sources behind it. Confirm that the surgeon who consults you is the one who operates, and browse every profile on our surgeons page.
By Directory Score — a single published number used only to sort. It normalises every independent rating a clinic holds to a five-point scale, weights each platform by how hard it is to inflate (Google first, Trustpilot second, doctor-booking sites capped low), and pulls thin evidence back toward the field average so a handful of friendly reviews cannot lift a clinic to the top.
A clinic is only eligible to be scored with a real base: at least 30 reviews on one platform and 40 across all of them. Below that it is listed as Unranked and sorts after the scored clinics — absence of evidence, not a verdict.
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