Gillette Stories

Limb Length Discrepancy and Limb Differences

Meet the Physicians Creating Better Understanding of Limb Differences

April 15, 2024

April marks Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month, a time dedicated to raising awareness of limb differences across all ages. Gillette Children's, home to nationally and internationally recognized leaders in pediatric orthopedics, is helping to lead the way to greater understanding through education and advocacy.

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Limb Length Discrepancy and Limb Differences

Gillette Children’s Shines at OPTech Conference

May 25, 2023

The conference brought together more than 130 experts and professionals from around the country to discuss the latest and contemplate future advancements in orthotic and prosthetic technologies.

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Limb Length Discrepancy and Limb Differences

A World of Hope for Hand and Limb Differences

May 17, 2023

Gillette Children’s is well represented as hand surgeons and upper limb difference specialists from six continents and 37 countries gather in Minneapolis for the 2023 World Symposium on Congenital Malformations of the Hand and Upper Limb. Gillette orthopedic surgeons, Ann Van Heest, MD and Deborah Bohn, MD, are presenting research and sharing their new book "Proud to be Me."

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Limb Length Discrepancy and Limb Differences

Fibular Hemimelia and the Fast, Full Life of Eli Brummond

April 16, 2019

It was a rainy night at Target Field, but the rain didn’t stop the thousands in attendance from rising to their feet to cheer as Eli Brummond, 11, flew towards home plate. He was moving fast enough that you wouldn’t necessarily notice at first. Eli’s left leg is missing from just below his knee and he wears a prosthesis. Eli shares his story from his perspective as well as that of his parents, Rich and Corinne Brummond and their care team at Gillette Children’s.

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