Who Is Dr. Dror Paley And What is The Paley Advanced Limb Lengthening Institute?
The Paley Advanced Limb Lengthening Institute offers patients and visiting surgeons the most technologically advanced limb lengthening and deformity treatments available in the world today.
Dr. Paley is the most experienced limb lengthening and deformity correction surgeon in the United States as well as internationally. With twenty four years of experience, he has pioneered many innovative surgical techniques for the treatment of the following:
Progress in and from limb lengthening (PDF)
limb-length discrepancy
limb deformity
congenital deficiencies
skeletal dysplasias and dwarfisms
non-unions
joint preservation
complex and rare bone diseases and skeletal abnormalities
Dr. Paley’s remarkable success in reconstruction and preservation of upper and lower limbs in children and adults, has drawn patients from fifty states and more than thirty countries. Dr. Paleyand his team at the Paley Advanced Limb Lengthening Institute are committed to offering patients a customized treatment plan utilizing the most cutting edge treatments available anywhere in the world today.
Dr. Paley’s scientific contributions to ResearchGate are rated higher than 95% of other members. ResearchGate is an independent, International forum for scientists and medical researchers. “ResearchGate was built for scientists, by scientists, with the idea that science can do more when it’s driven by collaboration”
The Institute provides a wide array of services including office orthopedic consultation, digital diagnostic services, specialized on site physical therapy center, and dedicated operating rooms. They are located in the Kimmel building on the campus of St. Mary’s Medical Center. The Institute offers a concierge service oriented center of excellence with the facilities of a full service major medical center.
Why Funding is Needed?
Funding is needed to provide surgery for a woman who wants to live a better and healthier life with limb lengthening surgery performed with the new Precice2.
What are the advantages of the new Precice2
The Precice1 was developed by Ellipse Technology working with a team of orthopedic surgeons including Dr. Paley. Precice1 was designed for the treatment of leg length discrepancy. The Precice2 was spearheaded and developed by Dr. Dror Paley and Ellipse Technologies with the special considerations of the stature lengthening patients in mind. As such it is the first implantable nail to be designed towards the requirements of the stature lengthening patient. The Precice2 can lengthen up to 8cms for implant diameters of 8.5mms, 10.7mms, and 12.5mms. The Precice2 8.5mm nails was designed with smaller diameter bones in mind. These are normally found in children, patients with dwarfism and more petite adults (often seen in the bones of many Asian women). The strength of the Precice2 is up to 4 times stronger allowing for increased weightbearing. Furthermore, the driveshaftconnection strength has been increased in strength by up to three fold which will reduce the risk of nail mechanism failure when a patient makes excessive bone which can prematurely consolidate (heal) and arrest the lengthening process. In short, the Precice2 permits greater lengthening with a stronger nail, stronger drive shaft with a larger diameter size range to accommodate all size patients.
What is the cost of surgery and physical therapy by the Precicemethod?
The cost of surgery with physical therapy is $85,000 (Precice2) for bilateral femoral lengthening and $95,000 for bilateral tibial lengthening (Precice 2). For individuals who undergo femoral lengthening followed by tibial lengthening we offer a package price of $170,000 (Precice 2). In some select individuals we will consider simultaneous femur and tibia lengthening at one surgery for a total cost of $150,000. Please note that there is a higher risk for fat embolism which can lead to death if both femur and tibia devices are inserted at one time. Although we have never had this complication, it remains a serious theoretical risk. It remains safer to do the two lengthening surgeries on separate dates separated by at least two to three weeks apart.
