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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1966;48:520-522.
© 1966 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc

Hypertension as a Complication of Limb Lengthening

ANATOL AXER M.D.1, A. ELKON M.D.1, and HESKEL E. ELIAHU M.D.1

1 From the Orthopaedic Department, Assaf Harofe Government Hospital, Zerifin, and Nephrology Unit, Tel-Hashomer Government Hospital, Tel-Aviv, Israel

Transient hypertension was observed in three of the eight children in whom lengthening of the lower extremity was carried out to correct deformities resulting from poliomyelitis. A similar observation was made in a soldier undergoing heavy skeletal traction to correct shortening caused by a fractured femur. High values of urinary catechol amines were noted in two patients during the lengthening procedure.


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