Dr. Felipe Amadeo Luna González
Head of the Bone Lengthening & Deformity Correction Unit; Founder, Instituto Dr. Luna
MD Universidad de Málaga; Specialist in Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology; AO Foundation Fellowship (Montevideo, 1989); member SECOT, SATO, SEFEx-CR
Hospital Quirónsalud Málaga — Malaga, Spain · 40+ years experience
Background
Dr. Felipe Amadeo Luna González graduated in Medicine from the University of Málaga and has focused on bone-lengthening surgery since 1980, making him likely Spain's most experienced practitioner in this niche. He founded the Achondroplasia Unit at Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria (2000) and headed its Orthopaedic department (2011–2018) before establishing the bone-lengthening unit at Quirónsalud Málaga in 2019. He has published 30+ peer-reviewed articles and presented at the 2022 SECOT Congress.
Peer-reviewed research
- Staged upper and lower limb lengthening performing bilateral simultaneous surgery of the femur and tibia in achondroplastic patients — Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, 2020
Methods practised
Procedures performed
- ●Cosmetic height increase (femoral & tibial nails)
- ●Bone lengthening in achondroplasia & dysplasias
- ●Limb-length discrepancy correction
- ●Software-guided circular external fixation
- ●Bone transport for segmental defects
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