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[drbanerjee]

Dear Forum Members,

My name is Dr. Rahul Banerjee. I am an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in the Dallas-Fort Worth Area with offices in Plano, TX and Carrollton, TX. I have been performing limb lengthening for most of my 20-year career using Ilizarov and Spatial Frame but over the past 4 years I am now using the Precise nail for both cosmetic and medically necessary procedures. I was fortunate to be the first surgeon in the DFW area to perform cosmetic height lengthening with the Precise nail.

Please visit my website: heightcenter.com to learn more about me, my team, and the procedures. Thank you for taking the time to read my post and I look forward to any questions or inquiries.

Thank you

Rahul Banerjee, MD, FAAOS, FACS

[Omar]

Hello Doctor,

I have a completely different question that might interest you. How is it that, with all the current technological and medical advancements, we still can't make a person grow taller without it being difficult and traumatic for the body?

[onedaytall]

Hello Doctor,

I have a completely different question that might interest you. How is it that, with all the current technological and medical advancements, we still can't make a person grow taller without it being difficult and traumatic for the body?

I think that's a question that falls outside the wheelhouse of a surgeon. You're basically asking why there aren't other ways than surgery to make person grow taller.

I'll say tho, there are much more simple things than height growth after closed growth plates that medical science struggles with. Hairloss and chronic ear conditions for example, and those are much more common and acute concern for many people. Any half-ass solution to any of these is making tons of money, whether they work or not, and side-effects or not. We are lucky to have any kind of way to grow height at all, even if it is kinda barbaric and painful one. Surely one day these things will advance to a whole new level where we can alter many things in human body like we could only dream right now, but maybe it'll take a 100 years or so to get there. So if you have short grandchildren, maybe they will get lucky :'D Just be sure to leave them a nice and fat inheritage for their future "genetic dna activation height growth therapy" or whatever lol

[Omar]

Thank you for your response. Aside from the fact that it might be a bit too early to use a treatment, I am mainly talking about surgery. In fact, I am not sure about the known success rate for limb lengthening surgery. I have the impression that it is 50/50. I define success as when the patient recovers their ability to walk and run, and can resume sporting activities without any pain or complications. Today, I still feel that progress is slow and that the success rate is quite low considering the price and time involved.

[more]

Hello doctor Banerjee, you don’t know the spelling of precice . Lol how many precice have you done?? A doctor who doesn’t know the real name of a nail i doubt

[HateLAPELoveSTEM]

Hello doctor Banerjee, you don’t know the spelling of precice . Lol how many precice have you done?? A doctor who doesn’t know the real name of a nail i doubt

It's you who do not know the spelling of 'precise'.

[drbanerjee]

Thank you for pointing out my spelling error. The correct spelling of the nail is indeed Precice which is distinct from the word precise. If you are interested in learning more about my practice, please visit heighcenter.com. Thank you.

[Fiddlestick]

Hi Dr. Banerjee,

Is Precice Max available at your clinic?

[iwillgettaller]

Hello, will you be disclosing the price to the public?

[68to73]

He put the prices on his website: https://www.heightcenter.com/our-procedures/

$88K USD for Tibias (Bilat, precice)
$80K USD for Femurs (Bilat, precice)

Price covers everything except living expenses (transportation, rent, food, etc.)

Definitely worth the price if you live in the southern US, especially texas. Dallas folks are lucky.

[Petm]

That price does not cover everything....physical therapy for starters is not included. Yes you can return home and try to get your insurance to cover sessions, but 1. I'd stay in the area since complications can arise. 2. I'd never recommend going to a normal physical therapist; has to be someone well versed in LL. And obviously extra surgeries from complications then hardware removal is never covered by anyone.

If you live in the area and can find a LL pt specialist, you'll save more doing this and then there's the convenience. But if Im traveling and going to be inconvenienced anyways....I'd just go to Paley, price difference isn't enough at all to justify a switch

[Activatedxx]

I’m lengthening with Assayag and he charges 60-70k for precice and the non-profit hospital housing for LL patients charges less than 600$ a month. The femur precice patients here did one leg at a time a week apart, so they can skip the hospital overnight fee. It becomes outpatient if you do one at a time. You can still do both legs at a time, but you’ll save a significant amount doing singles.
The PT here is world class and deals with a bunch of LL patients, and it’s across the street from the hospital housing.

So there is zero point going to a less experienced surgeon charging more imo, with less resources to offer PT/housing. We’re all staying across the street from Sinai hospital, PT, & assayags office. I have an electric wheelchair I’m using to go to PT and my doctor visits. It is quite literally on the other side of the street.