[Surgical approach in plastic of shortened lower limb].

Objective: To introduce a new surgical approach to rectify the shortened lower limbs.

Methods: From March 1985 to October 2000, 288 cases of shortened lower limbs were treated and reviewed. Closed fracture at the metaphysis was made by a self-made "needle saw", and then the "multiple-plane and double-track elongation instrument" was adopted to elongate the fractured bone.