Leg-Lengthening Surgeries in Siberia

Wednesday, August 19, 2009 - 18:35 in Health & Medicine

Putting the "extreme" in extreme makeover, some Russian surgeons are courting controversy by breaking legs, among other procedures, to make the limbs longer for cosmetic purposes. Video.

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