Alfie Phillips, 9, had the pioneering treatment at Liverpool's Alder Hey Children's Hospital.

Aaron Trinh said his short stature was a constant stress before his procedure ...

Alfie Phillips, who was born with fibular hemimelia, underwent the extramedullary femoral lengthening surgery in March 2025 ...

Alfie Phillips from Northampton has fibular hemimelia, which caused his right leg to not develop properly, leaving it more ...

It is an online world that few would find unless they were looking for it. Across social media and encrypted chats lies a community that wants a procedure it fears is heavily stigmatised in the real ...

Height, an attribute that is largely set by adolescence, can be a sensitive issue for those who consider themselves short.

Northampton schoolboy Alfie Phillips became the first patient in the UK to have leg-lengthening surgery in March last year.

What made Vonn's injuries especially serious was that she had developed a condition known as compartment syndrome — when ...

Alfie said that he was "excited" and scared to be the first to have the procedure, but almost a year on he is now "running ...

A nine-year-old boy has become the first patient to have pioneering leg-lengthening surgery in the UK.