Dr. Axel Becker is a specialist in leg lengthening, a specialist in plastic, aesthetic and reconstructive surgery, a specialist in orthopedics and trauma surgery and carries out cosmetic leg lengthening in his special clinic in Freiburg. For this purpose – only here – a minimally invasive leg lengthening method BETZBONE®, developed by him and unique in the world, is used.

Internal leg lengthening mechanisms, i.e. lengthening nails/implants that are inserted into the bone, offer excellent advantages for leg lengthening patients compared to external leg lengthening devices, the fixators. However, leg lengthening implants can also pose risks. The reason: all internal implants for leg lengthening use iron or contain iron-containing materials. This means implants can rust. Rust = oxidized iron. This applies to all extension nails, whether purely mechanical or electromechanical nails.

The only exception here is the BETZBONE® extension nail. Because the BETZBONE® nail has no iron content, but consists of 100% anti-corrosive chrome cobalt. No iron = no risk of rusting.

Corrosion: What happens when implants rust in the body?

When iron-containing implants oxidize in the body and corrode with body fluids, they rust. And this process causes an extreme foreign body reaction. Because rust has extreme expansive power. And these foreign body reactions can cause devastating complications for patients. From severe infections to the dissolution of the bone.

For this reason, implants that cannot rust are invaluable to patients. BETZBONE® the world’s only extension nail that cannot rust.

If you have any questions about leg lengthening, please send us an email to: freiburg@beckerbetzinstitut.com