Limb lengthening clinics in Mexico
3 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 | Centro de Reconstrucción de Extremidades León, Guanajuato | Dr. Arturo Pérez Cuéllar | Ilizarov | — | Unranked | T1 |
| 2 | Ortopedia ABM Guadalajara (Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, Jalisco) | Dr. Alejandro Bolaños Muñoz | Ilizarov, Albizzia nail | — | Unranked | T2 |
| 3 | Dr. Alfonso Meza Vernis Ciudad de México | Dr. Alfonso Meza Vernis | — | Unranked | T3 |
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
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