Editorial Comment: 2013 Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society

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The Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society (LLRS), a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Board of Specialties, was founded in 1989 as the Association for Study and Application of the Methods of Ilizarov-North America. During the 25 years that followed, this eclectic society grew in membership and broadened its scope. Each year, US and international clinicians and scientists from various orthopaedic subspecialties attend the LLRS scientific meeting and present their work. These presentations cover a broad range of topics including conventional and innovative techniques for managing patients with congenital, developmental, and acquired limb deformities and shortening, extremity trauma (including sequelae), and methods of enhancing bone formation. In this issue, we present the latest research on these topics, papers that first were shared at the 2013 annual LLRS meeting.

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